Unions plan major bus strike across NSW Transport unions are planning a bus strike that will affect Sydney and parts of regional NSW next week amid a long battle with the state government. AAP · Apr 5, 2022
Sydney commuters to get free public transport for 12 days in April Scheme is an attempt by NSW government to revitalise city centre and compensate for February train shutdown The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2022
Agreement unblocks free Sydney train fares Planned disruption across Sydney's rail network has been averted after the transport minister and the union agreed to give free fares to commuters. AAP · Mar 24, 2022
Sydney news: Premier Dominic Perrottet, wife Helen, welcome new baby MORNING BRIEFING: Dominic Perrottet and wife Helen are celebrating the birth of their seventh child, a baby girl. ABC News · Mar 16, 2022
NSW Govt Claims It’ll Offer Free Fares Every Friday For A Year If Workers Promise Not To Go On Strike The NSW Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) said the NSW government should give free fare Fridays after the train shutdown earlier on Tuesday. Pedestrian.tv · Mar 15, 2022
‘Industrial bastardy’: David Elliott offers free travel on Sydney trains as union threatens action RTBU secretary says union will take industrial action if government does not provide free fares ‘as a way of saying sorry’ The Guardian - AU · Mar 15, 2022
NSW Transport Minister ups the ante on rail union offering free train travel every Friday for a year if workers promise not to go on strike David Elliott escalates his stand-off with the rail union, offering to give train passengers free travel every Friday for a year if the union promises not to go on strike. ABC News · Mar 15, 2022
NSW's train crisis came down to just four words, documents reveal Documents obtained by the ABC reveal how just four words detonated an agreement struck between Sydney Trains and union officials to keep NSW's rail system running. ABC News · Feb 24, 2022
Five key questions about the Sydney train network fiasco Substantial gaps and contradictions remain in the timeline leading up to the decision early Monday morning to close the city’s rail system The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2022
'I didn't get a call': NSW Premier grilled about train shutdown Dominic Perrottet says he expects his cabinet to be on call "around the clock" after Transport Minister David Elliott went to bed while bureaucrats made the snap decision to close the state's passenger rail network. ABC News · Feb 23, 2022
How Sydney's train shutdown unfolded over a weekend of court hearings, and what happens next The union and the NSW government are blaming each other for today's state-wide passenger train shutdown — this is what you need to know about the conflict. ABC News · Feb 21, 2022
Perrottet urged to work with union over NSW train dispute – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2022
NSW train chaos could continue tomorrow, commuters warned to 'avoid rail travel' NSW's passenger train shutdown could continue into tomorrow, with unions and the state government still at loggerheads and commuters being warned to avoid rail travel. ABC News · Feb 20, 2022