From February 22 Brisbane city council will make more than 9 hundred parking metres permanently cashless.
Parking metres in Brisbane were made cashless during the lockdown in March last year but yesterday the council officially announced cash payments will not be returning.
hygiene reasons and lower maintenance costs were the main reasons behind the decision.
Opposition leader Jared Cassidy says the decision may put vulnerable people within the community at risk. Domestic violence victims, for instance, make need to make cash payments so they cannot be traced.