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Victorians and Tasmanians get free public transport as state governments seek to ease surge in fuel demand (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] hanrahan@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So that's all 6 of the buses yeah ? /s

Alas, we're a car brained state

[โ€“] vas@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

That's a good measure though! We all like to complain, but this direction of complaints is comparatively good. I'd note with a pen the politicians who made it happen, personally, and would consider voting for them if it'd be in my region. (Given, of course, that the above temporary measure is just a tell, and they have a long-term strategy towards higher frequency mass ("public") transport, new routes, tram/train frequency increase etc.)