Senior drivers in this state to receive free car rego

<p>Keeping a car on the road is an expensive prospect, so senior motorists in one Australian state will welcome the news of a rego cashback offer that could see them saving up to $700 on their yearly registration costs. But as always, there’s a catch.</p> <p>NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced that motorists in her state who spend more than $25 a week on Sydney toll roads over a year will be eligible for free vehicle registration, in a scheme that will cost the state $100 million.</p> <p>The scheme with be available for privately registered cards, utes, four-wheel-drives and motorcycles from July 1 next year, and will be backdated to July 1 this year to allow motorists to claim free vehicle rego if they spend more than $25 a week.</p> <p>"It could be more than that amount into the future. This is a growing cost to government but we know we can afford it," she said.</p> <p>"We will be able to tell you a bit more once this first year is finished because we know this could affect people's behaviour."</p> <p>NSW Labor leader Luke Foley criticised the scheme however.  </p> <p>"What we see is a toll policy from this government charging western Sydney motorists $2000 a year to travel on the M4, and most motorists might get back $300 a year," he said.</p> <p>"The unfair tolls remain and what people will get back is a very small fraction of what they are forking out in high, unaffordable tolls."</p> <p>What are your thoughts?</p> <p><a href="https://oversixty.disconline.com.au/car/new_quote.jsp?hSty=EXOS&amp;cgpCde=00272&amp;hCenCde=10737&amp;LinkId=12071&amp;utm_source=over60&amp;utm_campaign=insurance&amp;utm_medium=in-article-banner-car-1&amp;utm_content=car-insurance" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.oversixty.com.au/images/EditorialAddon/201706_CarInsurance_EditorialAddon_468x60_1.gif" alt="Over60 Car Insurance - Get a quote!"/></a></p>

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