Honest Work Fee paperwork tabled right this moment in NSW Parliament have revealed Sydney Trains had been getting ready to close down the community from as early as Thursday final week, 4 days earlier than Monday's chaos.
Each the NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and NSW Transport Minister David Elliott claimed they knew nothing of those plans till they woke on Monday morning.
Opposition Chief Chris Minns confronted the federal government in Parliament right this moment upon the revelations.
"Is it true that the federal government made the choice final Thursday to shutdown the rail community not for a day, however for 2 weeks, beginning Monday?" Mr Minns mentioned.
"To not my information," replied the premier.
The paperwork revealed modelling was ready, outlining a $370 million price of a fortnight-long shutdown and its 1.6 million passenger influence.
"Is it actually true that each one of those individuals knew a couple of two-week shutdown, throughout your authorities, however you had no thought?" Mr Minns mentioned.
The premier was adamant "that the choice to do this wouldn't have occurred however for the actions of the union motion on Sunday".
Whereas Mr Elliott slept on Sunday evening, the plug was pulled and the deal was dropped.
"David Elliott has to go," Mr Minns mentioned.
"The Minister for Transport mentioned he had no thought that would occur.
"Clearly that was - if not the inevitable final result of these negotiations - clearly, foreseeable."
The NSW Authorities is now scrambling to place collectively a compensation package deal.
It's contemplating half-price peak hour fares for a month, in addition to free weekend journey.