{"id":32392,"date":"2025-04-21T18:32:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=32392"},"modified":"2025-04-21T18:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:32:35","slug":"labor-sneaks-out-camping-fee-hikes-families-slammed-with-600-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/labor-sneaks-out-camping-fee-hikes-families-slammed-with-600-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor sneaks out camping fee hikes \u2014 families slammed with $600 costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minns Labor Government has been caught sneaking out plans to slug families with massive camping fee hikes \u2014 driving up the cost of a simple family getaway by almost $150.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is yet again another garbage dump from this NSW Labor Government for releasing its so-called &#8220;consultation&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/nswliberal.org.au\/news\/labor-sneaks-out-camping-fee-hikes-%E2%80%94-families-slammed-with-$600-costs#x__ftn1\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;during the school holidays, while parents were too busy to notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leader of the Opposition Mark Speakman said Chris Minns has found something else to make more expensive \u2014 family camping trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Under Labor, a simple week-long camping holiday will now cost over $600. That\u2019s a 31% fee hike \u2014 just to pitch a tent,\u201d Mr Speakman said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Current cost for a week: $476<\/li><li>Minns Labor Government cost for a week: $623<\/li><li>Price rise: $147 (31% increase)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Shadow Minister for Energy, Climate Change and Environment James Griffin said Labor had deliberately hidden the announcement during school holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Parents were packing the car, sorting out kids\u2019 activities, and trying to enjoy time with their families \u2014 not checking government websites,&#8221; Mr Griffin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labor used the school holidays to quietly drop their camping fee hikes, hoping families wouldn\u2019t notice until it was too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Under Labor\u2019s camping fee hike:<ul><li>Three nights away will cost $63 more.<\/li><li>Five nights away will cost $105 more.<\/li><li>Seven nights away will cost $147 more.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mums and dads are budgeting for school excursions, sports fees, school shoes, and keeping the car running \u2014 they don\u2019t have hundreds spare for extra camping charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labor\u2019s fee hikes will force families to think twice about the simplest, most affordable holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Minns isn\u2019t just hiking fees \u2014 he\u2019s hiking the cost of memories, time with loved ones, and the great Aussie tradition of camping,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labor hikes your fees when you\u2019re not looking \u2014 and leaves you paying more for less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minns Labor Government has been caught sneaking out plans to slug families with massive camping fee hikes \u2014 driving up the cost of a simple family getaway by almost $150. This is yet again another garbage dump from this NSW Labor Government for releasing its so-called &#8220;consultation&#8221;[1]&nbsp;during the school holidays, while parents were too &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/labor-sneaks-out-camping-fee-hikes-families-slammed-with-600-costs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor sneaks out camping fee hikes \u2014 families slammed with $600 costs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32393,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32392\/revisions\/32393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}