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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-05-14" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <endPage num="3385" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Transport Subsidy Scheme</name>
      <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000666">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Transport Subsidy Scheme</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-05-14">
            <name>Transport Subsidy Scheme</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000667">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4697">the Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(20 March 2019).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Human Services</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-05-14">
            <name>Transport Subsidy Scheme</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000668">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services):</by>  The Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government has advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000669">
          <inserted>The mobility allowance was a federal payment made to people with disability. The commonwealth Department of Human Services may have this information but as it was not part of eligibility requirements for transport support through the South Australian Transport Subsidy Scheme (SATSS) or public transport concessions, the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) does not have this information.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000670">
          <inserted>In regard to SATSS, for active users aged under 65 years, and for all levels of disability, the average subsidy per annum is:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000671">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$1,451 for members who receive a 50 per cent subsidy on a $40 trip;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000672">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$3,190 for members who receive a 75 per cent subsidy on a $40 trip.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000673">
          <inserted>Depending upon their eligibility, people with disability may also receive the following:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000674">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>a vision impairment travel pass or the mobility special pass, which are photo ID Metrocard that provide unlimited free travel; or</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000675">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>a concession travel Metrocard which provides fares at concession peak trip of $1.83 per trip and concession interpeak of 0.98c per trip; and/or</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201905147eb554376c92471880000676">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Adelaide Metro accepts the Plus One Companion Card and the DHS Companion Card. Both cards allow the holder's carer or companion to travel free on Adelaide Metro Services when accompanying the holder of the card.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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