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"Free public transport in Victoria through April as fuel prices continue to climb" (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 9 hours ago by MisterFrog@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Perhaps the one silver lining to US imperialism, is that more people will want better public transport

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

cheaper than fixing myki

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 points 11 minutes ago

Probably not a controversial opinion, but we could save so much money if we stopped hiring consultants for building tech things.

BoM website makeover cost almost $100M.

"Small government" is also the scam the brought us the initial myki rollout fiasco.

This all being said, I agree, public transport should be free and expanded. We can't keep on with the clearly terrible urban planning of urban sprawl and cars