The Victorian Greens are proposing a six-month trial of 50¢ daily fares for unlimited travel on all public transport in Victoria. This would save commuters up to $50 a week and is being pitched as a key policy in the upcoming byelection for the seat of Prahran.
Commuters would pay just 50¢ a day to use the state’s public transport network if the government were to adopt the new policy the Victorian Greens are taking to the contest for the inner-city electorate of Prahran. Greens candidate for Prahran Angelica Di Camillo will pitch the slashed fares, which would save commuters more than $50 a week, to locals on Saturday as the party faces off against the Liberals, who hope to reclaim the seat at next month’s byelection.
Labor has not entered a candidate. Victorians will save up to $50 a week under a pitch by the Victorian Greens to trial 50¢ daily fares.The Greens’ proposal would initially trial a flat fare of 50¢ for unlimited travel on buses, trains and trams, including the V/Line. Currently, commuters pay $11 for a daily full fare, while concession cardholders are charged $5.50, which is 40¢ more than the daily fare before the first of the year. The latest price rise comes off the back of two fare hikes within six months in 2023-24, when full-fare daily tickets rose by 80¢ and then 60¢. The Greens estimate the six-month trial will cost $339 million based on fare revenue figures for 2024. They say the trial would be funded by initiatives previously promoted by the minor party, includingActing Greens leader Sarah Mansfield said the slashed fares would save Victorians up to $50 a week, or $2600 a year.The policy is based on Queensland’s recent 50¢ fare trial, launched in August by the then Labor government ahead of its state election. The cheaper fares became aThe Greens intend to take the policy to the 2026 state election, but it will be unveiled on Saturday as a key policy to sway voters in the battle for Prahran, as the Greens attempt to fend off Liberal candidate Rachel Westaway’s bid to reclaim what was once Liberal heartlan
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