Erin Jordan ponders privilege on the train to USyd

How to get (almost) free travel on your Opal card.

Four groups of cops stand looking bored on the platform. As my carriage comes past, each one points in sequence to the kids downstairs who appear to be Revelling and/or Frolicking. They’re pulled off the train for drinking and as we sit stuck on the train gum chewing POLICE roll up, stragglers chatting to the…

Will fare evasion and copping the occasional fine save you money in the long run? As with most economic questions, the answer is that it depends.