NSW heads to court to try and block union plan to deactivate Opal readers at train stations

Application lodged in Fair Work Commission to have action to turn off or short circuit the machines declared unprotected

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The New South Wales government is headed to court in a bid to block union plans to deactivate Opal readers at train stations as part of an ongoing industrial stoush.

A section 418 application has been lodged in the Fair Work Commission to have the destructive action" to turn off or short circuit the machines from Wednesday declared unprotected, the state's transport minister, David Elliott, said.