Opal refuses to let store sell card

FRUSTRATED shopkeepers have been forbidden to sell, or top up, Opal cards even though they are just metres from one of the inner west’s busiest bus stops.

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Balmain state Greens MP Jamie Parker has urged the authorities to reconsider Mr Bokany’s application.

“The Government should be encouraging the use of public transport rather than impeding it by imposing such nonsensical policies on to local businesses,” Mr Parker said.

“(Opal) should be widely available and not restricted to a few locations in each suburb.”

FERRIES AT ANNANDALE AND WEST BALMAIN

Imagine hopping on a ferry at Annandale or West Balmain and being in the heart of the city within minutes.

In 2020, we won the campaign for a Glebe ferry. Now, we have the opportunity to connect more of our area to the ferry network. New ferries at Annandale and West Balmain will provide a faster, smarter route into the city without adding to the traffic on our roads.

Both Labor and the Liberals want to build more polluting and destructive tollways across Sydney. But we have costed a comprehensive plan for a world-class public transport system that makes getting around our city fast and easy.

Dear Transport Minister,

New inner west ferry services would provide efficient, fast and environmentally sound travel to and from the area for workers, tourists, students, pensioners and the general public.

I therefore ask that the Government build on the success of the Blackwattle Bay ferry and establish a ferry service at Rozelle Bay for the Annandale area and reinstate the ferry at West Balmain.

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