{"id":9739,"date":"2020-12-23T06:20:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T06:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9739"},"modified":"2020-12-23T06:20:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T06:20:22","slug":"regional-seniors-travel-card-moves-into-second-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/23\/regional-seniors-travel-card-moves-into-second-year\/","title":{"rendered":"REGIONAL SENIORS TRAVEL CARD MOVES INTO SECOND YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seniors living in Regional NSW will continue to benefit from the regional seniors travel card with applications for year two opening on Monday 18 January 2021.<br \/>\nThe regional seniors travel card is a $250 prepaid Visa card designed to assist eligible seniors in regional, rural and remote areas of NSW offset the cost of essential travel expenses.<br \/>\nMinister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said more than 337,000 regional seniors had benefitted from the card in the first year of the two-year trial.<br \/>\n\u201cThe regional seniors travel card has been an overwhelming success in its first year and has already injected more than $60 million into regional communities,\u201d Mr Toole said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s eased the burden of travel costs for seniors living in the bush who often have fewer transport options than those living in big cities like Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong. This has meant the difference between an extra few trips to visit grandkids living in other parts of the State, the ease of staying connected locally or just getting to medical appointments or the shops.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m pleased to announce it will be returning in 2021, and I encourage all eligible seniors to apply from 18 January next year.\u201d<br \/>\nEligible seniors have from 18 January to 30 November 2021 to apply for a card which can be used for fuel, taxis and pre-booked TrainLink services.<br \/>\nSeniors must be\u00a0an age pensioner with a valid Pensioner Concession Card or hold a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card issued by either the Department of Human Services or Department of Veterans\u2019 Affairs. They must also permanently live in regional NSW outside Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong.<br \/>\nWith ongoing concerns about coronavirus, we are encouraging seniors to apply online at\u00a0<a href=\"x-webdoc:\/\/E95559C4-084B-4332-8E93-A43FEEFB1825\/service.nsw.gov.au\">service.nsw.gov.au<\/a>\u00a0or by calling 13 77 88, rather than visiting a Service NSW Service Centre.<br \/>\nFor those who need to, seniors can find their nearest Service NSW Service Centre location at\u00a0<a href=\"x-webdoc:\/\/E95559C4-084B-4332-8E93-A43FEEFB1825\/service.nsw.gov.au\">service.nsw.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seniors living in Regional NSW will continue to benefit from the regional seniors travel card with applications for year two opening on Monday 18 January 2021. The regional seniors travel card is a $250 prepaid Visa card designed to assist eligible seniors in regional, rural and remote areas of NSW offset the cost of essential &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/23\/regional-seniors-travel-card-moves-into-second-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;REGIONAL SENIORS TRAVEL CARD MOVES INTO SECOND YEAR&#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-9739","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\/9739","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=9739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}