New electronic petitions calling for Government to change policy on fares and services - now open

The totally unjustified and appalling action by the State

Transport Minister and Translink to increase fares for

public transport users on January 4 by between 20% -

for plastic card holders - and 40% for paper ticket holders,

has resulted in a storm of protest from public transport

commuters. For more details and outcomes about this

outrageous decision, see other posts on this site.

Two electronic petitions have now been created to give

all public transport users an opportunity to lodge their protest

with the State Minister and the Parliament.

While the text of each petition does not include all of the issues

involved in the fares and ticketing debacle created by Translink,

and could have been much better drafted, CAST urges all public

transport users to consider signing the petitions before the

deadlines next month. We have not initiated these petitions. 

To access and sign either petition, they can be read by going
here and also to here. There is no cost involved.