Daily Telegraph (Sydney) today (5 July)

["WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Today's Daily Telegraph has a full front-page story on fare evasion in
Sydney, focussing mainly on the way that some barrier attendants (the
article calls them "guards") are letting people through the barriers - even
opening the gates to let them out - without even asking for a ticket.

According to the article, the reporter made ten trips, purchasing a ticket
on each occasion. They were only asked to show that ticket twice. Some of
the journeys involved major stations, such as Central, Circular Quay,
Parramatta, Fairfield, Liverpool and Campbelltown.

The PTU spokesperson claims that station staff have been instructed by
CityRail not to check/collect tickets, in an attempt to downgrade the
positions prior to the abolition of the positions.

DaveP