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513 - Regional Transport and Roads - REGIONAL APPRENTICE AND STUDENT TRAVEL CARD

Farraway, Sam to the Minister for Jobs and Tourism, Special Minister of State, Minister for Roads, Minister for the Arts, and Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy representing the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads
REGIONAL APPRENTICE AND STUDENT TRAVEL CARD

(1) Does the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card come under review in the Strategic Infrastructure Review?

(2) Will the funding allocated within the TFNSW budget for the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card be cut in the September Budget?

(3) Will the funding allocated within the TFNSW budget for the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card be re purposed in the September Budget?

(4) Will the funding allocated within the TFNSW budget for the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card be redirected to Western Sydney road projects in the September Budget?

(5) What is the cost breakdown of administering the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card cost per card?

(6) How many Regional Apprentices have applied for and received their Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card as of the 14th June 2023 per local government area?

(7) How many Regional University Students have applied for the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card as at 14 June 2023?

(8) When will the Regional Apprentice and University Travel Card be available for university students?

(9) Why has the roll out of the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card been delayed?

(10) Does the NSW Government support the continued roll out of the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card in 2023?

(11) Will the NSW Government continue the two year pilot of the Regional Apprentice and University Travel Card beyond the September budget?

(12) What page does the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card appear in the 2022/2023 State Budget Papers?

(13) Will you expand the Regional Apprentice Card and University Student Travel Card to include Blue Mountains and Wollongong local government areas?

(14) Is the Maitland Local Government Area included in the Regional Apprentice and University Travel Card pilot program?

(a) If so, how many apprentices are eligible to apply for the Regional Apprentice and University Travel Card in this local government area?

(b) How many have applied and received their card as at 14 June 2023?

(15) Can a regional senior purchase a bottle of Fanta, cigarettes or a packet of lollies using the Regional Seniors Travel Card?
Answer -
REGIONAL APPRENTICE AND STUDENT TRAVEL CARD

I am advised

(1) No.

(2) and (3) Decisions made as part of the State budget will be communicated as part of the budget process.

(4) No.

(5) Administration costs for the Regional Apprentice and University Student Travel Card were approximately $838 per card on 14 June 2023.

(6) See table 1 below.

(7) None.

(8) to (11) Applications are currently suspended due to the poor design parameters set by the former Liberal-National government, which allowed the purchase of non-travel related expenses at service stations such as cigarettes, soft drink and confectionery.

(12) This information is publicly available.

(13) Applications are currently suspended due to the poor design parameters set by the former Liberal-National government, which allowed the purchase of non-travel related expenses at service stations such as cigarettes, soft drink, scratch lotteries and confectionery.

(14) Yes. 321 cards have successfully applied for and issued.

(15) Yes.

Table 1 Regional Apprentice Travel cards by Local Government Area (LGA)

LGA

Applications

Albury

38

Armidale Regional

71

Ballina

96

Balranald

1

Bathurst Regional

126

Bega Valley

96

Bellingen

23

Berrigan

11

Bland

9

Blayney

20

Bogan

9

Bourke

7

Broken Hill

53

Byron

49

Cabonne

61

Carrathool

4

Central Coast (NSW)

685

Cessnock

244

Clarence Valley

131

Cobar

12

Coffs Harbour

243

Coolamon

15

Coonamble

1

Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional

20

Cowra

33

Dubbo Regional

202

Dungog

29

Eurobodalla

88

Federation

13

Forbes

38

Gilgandra

13

Glen Innes Severn

12

Goulburn Mulwaree

64

Greater Hume Shire

13

Griffith

66

Gunnedah

43

Gwydir

13

Hilltops

66

Inverell

50

Junee

19

Kempsey

93

Kiama

37

Kyogle

16

Lachlan

11

Lake Macquarie

602

Leeton

35

Lismore

71

Lithgow

68

Liverpool Plains

24

Lockhart

19

Maitland

321

Mid-Coast

301

Mid-Western Regional

98

Moree Plains

25

Murray River

9

Murrumbidgee

7

Muswellbrook

84

Nambucca

76

Narrabri

29

Narrandera

12

Narromine

22

Oberon

17

Orange

120

Parkes

31

Port Macquarie-Hastings

264

Port Stephens

180

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional

16

Richmond Valley

46

Shellharbour

92

Shoalhaven

253

Singleton

129

Snowy Monaro Regional

51

Snowy Valleys

45

Tamworth Regional

250

Temora

9

Tenterfield

13

Tweed

112

Upper Hunter Shire

60

Upper Lachlan Shire

18

Uralla

17

Wagga Wagga

191

Walcha

5

Walgett

11

Warren

6

Warrumbungle Shire

26

Weddin

7

Wingecarribee

77

Yass Valley

9

 

Question asked on 15 June 2023 (session 58-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 27
Answer received on 6 July 2023 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 42

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