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Thursday, 15 December 2011

O'FARRELL INCREASES PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES BY 5.4 PER CENT
$156 EXTRA FOR PENRITH COMMUTERS EACH YEAR

The O'Farrell Government's decision to increase public transport fares by a massive 5.4 per cent from next month is a slap in the face for commuters, Shadow Transport Minister, Penny Sharpe said today.

"The O'Farrell Government is sending public transport fares skyrocketing for hundreds of thousands of commuters in NSW," Ms Sharpe said.

"The O'Farrell Government's fare increase will cost the average Penrith commuter travelling to the City each week an extra $156 per year.

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

O'FARRELL SHIRKS PUBLIC TRANSPORT DECISIONS FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS

The self-proclaimed 'Infrastructure Premier' Barry O'Farrell has put off making any decisions about public transport for a full 12 months today – delaying the start of any major infrastructure for at least another year.

The Premier sent Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian out to deliver the bad news today that the Government's so called ' Transport Master Plan' won't be ready until the end of 2012.
"Earlier this year, we were told that five year and 20 year infrastructure plans would be completed by the end of 2011," said Shadow Minister for Transport, Penny Sharpe.

MEDIA RELEASE
16 November 2011

DEFAULT MINISTER NICK GREINER SAYS NORTH WEST RAIL LINK TO GO PRIVATE - COMMUTERS FACE HIGHER FARES

Former Liberal Premier and Head of Infrastructure NSW, Nick Greiner, has let the cat out of the bag today – admitting he would like to see the North West Rail Link built and operated by the private sector.

Shadow Minister for Transport Penny Sharpe said the revised plan could see commuters paying more when the rail line is finally built.

"The only privately built and operated line in Sydney is the Liberal's infamous Airport Rail Link, where passengers are levied a Station Access Fee, on top of their regular CityRail fare," said Ms Sharpe. 

This afternoon, Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian released another media release about me.

The Minister seems a little sensitive, perhaps she is embarrassed she wasn't aware of the modelling done by treasury and railcorp about the NWRL, was too quick to beat up on the union on the day of the bus strike, and perhaps it has slipped her mind that it was her Government who recently amended the transport act to downgrade the priority of passengers over freight...