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Low income NSW residents wouldn't have to pay for driver licences and public housing tenants would have free wifi, under reforms proposed by the NSW Greens to alleviate the stress of poverty.
Greens MP Jenny Leong will introduce a private members bill to NSW parliament on Thursday in a bid to help the one in eight people living below the poverty line in NSW.
'While the NSW government cannot raise the rate of income support for people living below the poverty line, there are many things they can do to help lift people out of poverty,' Ms Leong, the NSW Greens housing spokesperson, told AAP.
People on income support, pensions and low incomes pay a significant proportion of their money straight back to the government in the form of fees and charges, Ms Leong said.
Thousands of Australians would be eligible for free internet under the proposal
Under Ms Leong's proposal, low income residents wouldn't have to pay for driver licence applications and renewals, driving tests, applications at Births, Deaths and Marriages, vehicle registration, working
