[NSW] $250 Travel Card for NSW Regional Seniors with Aged Pension Card or CSHC Card @ Service NSW

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Elppa8 on 04/02/2020 - 11:35 service.nsw.gov.au (641 clicks)
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Something for regional seniors with an eligible concession card. Can be used for train, coach, car repairs, fuel, tyres and taxis. $250/year for two years in the form of a Visa card. Conditions apply.

The regional seniors travel card provides eligible seniors living in regional, rural and remote areas of NSW with a $250 prepaid card to help ease the cost of travel. You can use the card at certain retailers to pay for pre-booked NSW Trainlink Regional trains and coaches, fuel and taxis.

The travel card is valid for 14 months from the date the card is issued. The expiry date is available on the front of the card.

Applications are now open and cards will be distributed from mid-February 2020.

The regional seniors travel card program is available for a 2-year trial period (2020-2021) and is one of more than 70 NSW Government rebates and savings that help with your cost of living.

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  chrisie on 04/02/2020 - 11:43

  +1

  What a good idea, hopefully this will be extended through to other States.

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  [Deactivated] on 04/02/2020 - 11:43

  +5

  Is there an election coming up?

  Maybe Bridget can help decide what’s worthy & what’s not.

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    Elppa8 on 04/02/2020 - 11:46

    Strangely, no, that was March 2019.

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    orangetrain on 05/02/2020 - 08:37

    Related: https://amp.smh.com.au/politics/federal/another-government-r…

    94% awarded to Coalition held marginal seats.

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  deme on 04/02/2020 - 11:54

  -8

  In my opinion this is a scam:

  $250/year for two years in the form of a Visa card

  This easily could have been a bank transfer so the question is who gets the money for issuing these cards.

  You can use the card at certain retailers to pay for pre-booked NSW Trainlink Regional trains and coaches, fuel and taxis.

  Here we go what is the bet it is old mate Indue doing this.

  In my opinion this is you paying for liberal advertising AND likely money to their donors.

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    deme on 04/02/2020 - 11:56

    -1

    Yeah look they splashed cash for a new website and gTLD, wasteful.

    Visiting nswregionalseniors.cards (available in February)

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    deme on 04/02/2020 - 11:57

    -1

    https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/RSTCterms#privacy-statement says you are handing your personal info over to westpac

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      deme on 04/02/2020 - 12:38

      And they donated almost 100k last year to libs

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    Cheeper on 04/02/2020 - 12:34

    -2

    Deme… You are forgetting Rudd's big cash splash..???

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      deme on 04/02/2020 - 12:37

      +2

      The one that didn't involve prepared visa cards?
      The one that was used as an economic stimulus to keep Australia from a recession in the GFC?
      The one where Australia was number one in OECD ranking?
      I remember that one.

      Public spending is great, Westpac doesn't need to be involved.

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  Cheeper on 04/02/2020 - 12:35

  Should have included all NSW council areas.

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  dynaflow on 04/02/2020 - 13:48

  deme 1 hour 2 min agonew
  "The one that didn't involve prepared visa cards?
  The one that was used as an economic stimulus to keep Australia from a recession in the GFC?
  The one where Australia was number one in OECD ranking?
  I remember that one.Public spending is great, Westpac doesn't need to be involved."

  Oh you must mean the same one that was meant for silly things like food and household expenses but instead got filtered into the Pokies and used to buy more drugs? The same one that benefited Gerry Harvey? (aka Mr.Ten Percent GST.) and the Flat screen TV industry?

  The Seniors Travel Card can only be used for specific purposes like the ones you list,versus a Bank transfer where you could spend the money on anything (see above)

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    deme on 04/02/2020 - 17:44

    Oh you must mean the same one that was meant for silly things like food and household expenses but instead got filtered into the Pokies and used to buy more drugs? The same one that benefited Gerry Harvey? (aka Mr.Ten Percent GST.) and the Flat screen TV industry

    Sure if you want to take the view that someone spending money on drugs or pokies means it's a failure I'm sure someone will buy a water pipe at a servo with the card …

    Back in reality the money was not for "household expenses" , it's for an economic stimulus.
    You don't want people to hord all their money that puts the economy into a recession. By making people confident in spending they spend more.

    Euromoney awarded our treasurer at the time. https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-21/swan-named-best-tr…

    Mr Swan has presided over an economy which grew 1.2 per cent in the June quarter while most of the world's developed economies stalled, while unemployment at 5.3 per cent is roughly half that of the United States and Europe.

    Australia also has a low level of debt and consumer confidence is also up - again, in contrast to that of other advanced economies.

    1.2% in a quarter during a massive economic downturn…
    Liberals currently are doing about 1% growth per year during a time of global economic prosperity.