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Tickets plan wins support
- Subject: Tickets plan wins support
- From: David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 10:56:04 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: a roadblock on the Information Superhighway
- Xref: news1.unite.net.au aus.rail:34094
Melbourne public transport users have applauded a plan to scrap $100
fines for fare evasion and instead make offenders buy $80 worth of
tickets. But the radical bid was condemned by the State Opposition and
the Public Transport Users Association, which claimed the move would do
little to stem the swelling numbers of ticket dodgers.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,1858409%255E2862,00.html
[Why would we expect any less from the Herald-Comic?]