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Victoria and Tasmania offer free public transport

A Myki card reader with a child sitting on a seat behind.

Two states are scrapping public transport fares as fuel costs bite. Source: SIPA USA / Nexpher Images

As fuel prices rise due to the conflict in the Middle East, the states of Victoria and Tasmania have announced plans to temporarily make public transport fares free.


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