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Sweeney Preston

Sydney Will Cop 12 Days Free Public Transport Thanks To Unions & No Thanks To The NSW Government

Calling all Sydney commuters, eshays and Francis Bourgeois(es) — your time has come. During the Easter holidays, the NSW Government will make Sydney public transport will be free for all. Who doesn’t love free stuff?

The move is an obvious effort by the State Government to apologise to its citizens. Primarily for making Sydney-siders book 4x surge Ubers when Sydney public transport got repeatedly cancelled over the past few weeks/months/years (let’s be honest).

From April 14-26, Sydney public transport commuters won’t have to drain their Opal card to hop on their chosen mode of transport.

The freebies come after intense negotiations between the NSW Rail, Tram and Bus Union (we stan) and the NSW Government (*awkward silence*).

After last month’s 24-hour shutdown, the union said they would take industrial action (ie: striking) every Friday until June unless the NSW Government whipped out its cheque book and made travel free.

Media outlets and the government initially tried to pin the Sydney public transport shut-down on workers after talks regarding workers’ pay and conditions reached a stalemate in Feb.

“The unions were intent on causing chaos. I’m incredibly disappointed with what has occurred across our city this morning,” said Premier Dominic Perrottet said on the morning of the shutdown as per Australian Unions.

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott piled on saying that the union “cannot use the city’s transport system for some sort of terrorist-like activities”. Fkn yikes.

It was later revealed the government itself ordered the Sydney public transport shutdown.

Very (unsurprisingly) petty indeed.

“To commuters affected by recent rail disruptions, I want to say a heartfelt thank you for your patience,” Minister Elliot said as per the Sydney Morning Herald.

“I hope the fare-free 12 days of Easter is a way for you to enjoy quality time with family and friends during the school holidays, while at the same time helping to revitalise our city centres and local communities.”

Yeah yeah yeah — give us our free rides and move along, chief.

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