Eligible people would receive $250.00 for 2 years.

Never, ever was an "end date" for applications mentioned.

1 July 2019 - no launch. 30 December 2019 - no launch. Beginning January 2020 - trial. End January 2020 - LAUNCH (only 6 months after the promise).

Now, Mr. Toole of The Nationals has advised: "Eligible Dubbo residents have until November 30 to apply for a $250 regional seniors transport card."

This means that if a resident, I assume not only in Dubbo, becomes eligible on 1 December 2020 they will not receive the regional seniors transport card.

Mr. Toole is well known for misleading people.

Remember when he said "there will be no forced council amalgamations on my watch" and remember what happened?

He goes on to say "the card had eased the burden of travel costs for eligible seniors and injected more than $75 million into regional economies."

If this is true why is there an "end" date, especially in these difficult times.

Mr. Saunders, as you are the member for the Dubbo electorate, what do you say about all this? And don't say "it's not my portfolio", "I can't do anything because of CODIV-19".

These excuses you use on a regular basis.

You are one of The Nationals and you made this promise to your constituents during the election campaign. Did you mislead us?

Kate Bailey

Ponto

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