Re: Rail workers seek protection after attack

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

" Ian" <iansmith@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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| "David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message

| > Rail workers have demanded better protection and the power to arrest
| > fare evaders after CityRail workers were treated in hospital following
| > an attack by a passenger yesterday.
| >
| > http://www.smh.com.au/news/0103/08/national/national14.html
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| Does a 69 year old person have to carry a concession card to prove their
age
| to get a ticket ?

If they want a concession ticket, yes.


| All a little petty I think. Why challenge a person of that
| age who obviously looks to be a pensioner. I don't blame the old
| boy................

Lock the old fart up, he's obviously deranged and dangerous.