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Public transport free for another month, and half-price until 2027
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Public transport in Victoria will be free until the end of May and then half-price to the end of 2026, as the state government expands its cost-of-living policy while fuel prices stay high.
Premier Jacinta Allan will on Sunday announce the major discounts to travel on all public train, tram and bus trips, in an extension of Labor’s free public transport for April.
The $400 million policy, a key part of the government’s May budget, extends free public transport until the end of next month and halves fares from June 1 until the end of the year – a month after the state election.
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A comics and gaming convention in Melbourne will continue on Sunday morning, after a person was killed and another seriously injured leaving the event last night.
A car struck pedestrians outside the event at Melbourne showgrounds shortly before 5pm on Saturday, with the driver under police guard in hospital.
In a statement issued later on Saturday night, Supanova organisers said the event would continue with a minute’s silence the following morning. Organisers said:
double quotation markWe here at Supanova Comic Con & Gaming are deeply saddened and distressed by the incident that occurred outside the Melbourne Showgrounds this evening.
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Vic extends free public transport, defying IMF inflation warning
The Victorian Labor government is extending its free public transport offer for another month, and will then offer half price fares until the end of the year, in a $400 million election sweetener and response to war in the Middle East.
The free trains, trams and buses – both for metropolitan and regional lines – covered April at an estimated cost of $71 million in foregone revenue and will now be extended across May with half price fares promised to continue beyond the November state election until the end of the year.
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