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997 - Regional Transport and Roads - REGIONAL SENIORS 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

(1) Can the Minister advise, how many Regional Seniors Travel Cards were issued per Local Government Area as of the 7 July 2023, over the entire 4 year trial?

(2) How many Regional Seniors Travel Cards were issued between 1 January 2023 and 7 July 2023?

(3) How many Regional Seniors Travel Cards per local government area were issued between 1 January 2023 and 7 July 2023?

(4) How much over the 4 year trial has been spent on:

(a) Taxis?

(b) NSW Trainlink Services?

(c) Fuel?

(d) Community transport operators?

Answer -
REGIONAL SENIORS TRAVEL CARD

I am advised

(1) As of 7 July 2023, the total number of Regional Seniors Travel Cards issued per Local Government Area over the 4-year trial, was 1,386,911.

(2) The total number of Regional Seniors Travel Cards issued between 1 January 2023 and 7 July 2023 was 333,731.

(3) Between 1 January 2023 and 7 July 2023, Regional Seniors Travel Cards were issued to eligible seniors in the following Local Government Areas:

LGA

Number of Applications

Eligible non LGA defined

56

Albury (City)

5733

Armidale Regional (Area)

2415

Ballina (A)

6664

Balranald (A)

125

Bathurst Regional (A)

4125

Bega Valley (A)

5041

Bellingen (A)

1580

Berrigan (A)

1418

Bland (A)

655

Blayney (A)

682

Bogan (A)

268

Bourke (A)

113

Brewarrina (A)

48

Broken Hill (C)

2157

Byron (A)

2131

Cabonne (A)

1334

Carrathool (A)

138

Central Coast (C) (NSW)

41122

Central Darling (A)

114

Cessnock (C)

6121

Clarence Valley (A)

9221

Cobar (A)

275

Coffs Harbour (C)

10153

Coolamon (A)

535

Coonamble (A)

286

Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional (A)

1904

Cowra (A)

1775

Dubbo Regional (A)

4915

Dungog (A)

938

Edward River (A)

71

Eurobodalla (A)

6854

Federation (A)

1952

Forbes (A)

1206

Gilgandra (A)

481

Glen Innes Severn (A)

1439

Goulburn Mulwaree (A)

3203

Greater Hume Shire (A)

1034

Griffith (C)

1975

Gunnedah (A)

1142

Gwydir (A)

749

Hay (A)

336

Hilltops (A)

2185

Inverell (A)

2240

Junee (A)

490

Kempsey (A)

4753

Kiama (A)

3027

Kyogle (A)

1026

Lachlan (A)

455

Lake Macquarie (C)

26205

Leeton (A)

1065

Lismore (C)

4570

Lithgow (C)

2856

Liverpool Plains (A)

940

Lockhart (A)

299

Maitland (C)

8368

Mid-Coast (A)

18929

Mid-Western Regional (A)

2525

Moree Plains (A)

823

Murray River (A)

2622

Murrumbidgee (A)

282

Muswellbrook (A)

1451

Nambucca (A)

3604

Narrabri (A)

1136

Narrandera (A)

690

Narromine (A)

746

Oberon (A)

487

Orange (C)

3762

Parkes (A)

1545

Port Macquarie-Hastings (A)

15307

Port Stephens (A)

11871

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional (A)

2740

Richmond Valley (A)

3583

Shellharbour (C)

8075

Shoalhaven (C)

16350

Singleton (A)

1810

Snowy Monaro Regional (A)

1717

Snowy Valleys (A)

1742

Tamworth Regional (A)

6971

Temora (A)

770

Tenterfield (A)

1072

Tweed (A)

14377

Unincorporated NSW

15

Upper Hunter Shire (A)

1451

Upper Lachlan Shire (A)

678

Uralla (A)

580

Wagga Wagga (C)

5435

Walcha (A)

384

Walgett (A)

570

Warren (A)

245

Warrumbungle Shire (A)

1069

Weddin (A)

488

Wentworth (A)

541

Wingecarribee (A)

5395

Yass Valley (A)

930

Total

333,731

(4) The total spent on taxis, NSW TrainLink services and Opal, service stations and community transport over the 4-year trial period was more than $302 million.


Question asked on 4 August 2023 (session 58-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 63
Answer received on 25 August 2023 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 78