The cancellation of the Regional Seniors Travel Card has been a controversial one, but after being taken to parliament last week, the debate revealed it may have been doomed all along.
The $250 prepaid card was designed to acknowledge that seniors living in regional NSW have a lot more difficulties accessing transport than their metro counterparts, and often at a much heftier price.
The Nationals’ party have been at the forefront of a petition to bring back the card, with MP Adam Marshall bringing the debate to parliament last week, after it earned over 22,000 signatures from concerned citizens…