Australian Newsagency Blog

There was a time newsagents used to get 6% commission for selling transport tickets for the NSW Government. That dropped to 3% a couple of years ago. The new commission for NSW transport tickets is set to be .5% - half of one percent. While there is no stock to carry for the new product, with a transaction taking around 60 seconds to complete, the government and their commercial partners reckon newsagents deserve just a couple of cents for their effort in selling, say, a $4.00 ticket. Not good form from a government trying to demonstrate its small business credentials.