Budget scraps seniors' travel program

Posted by Court on May 30, 2005 09:20 AM Brisbane Time Category: Australiana

Budget scraps seniors' travel program

NSW Seniors are going to have to dig a little deeper into their pockets after federal scheme subsidising travel for seniors has been axed. The $4 million program was quietly cut out of the budget in a move the transportation minister called "mean-spirited". I tend to agree. For more on the now-scrapped project introduced in 2001: Seniors Suffer

Posted by Court on May 30, 2005 09:20 AM Brisbane Time
Category: Australiana

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