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Fares fair? Postgraduate students protest lack of Myki concessions

The cost of a round-trip fare on Victoria’s public transport system is around eight dollars, but undergraduate students pay only half that price. The student concessions aren’t extended to post-graduate students, even though almost half of them live below the poverty line. Are the fares really fair? Chenturan Aran and Grace Aicken report.

 

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THE CITIZEN is a publication of the Centre for Advancing Journalism. It has several aims. Foremost, it is a teaching tool that showcases the work of the students in the University of Melbourne’s Master of Journalism and Master of International Journalism programs, giving them real-world experience in working for publication and to deadline. Find out more →

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