- Target:
- State Transit Authority
- Region:
- Australia
The State Transit Authority are now disallowing student's who are employed to obtain a concession travel card.
This means that students who only work four hours a week are now ineligible for a concession card.
It is unacceptable for the right of concession travel to be taken from students on the grounds of employment as most working students are struggling to provide themselves with food and shelter whilst trying to complete their studies.
The government should be encouraging students to work rather than scrounging this money from them.
Without concession, it will cost students an extra $1020 a year in travel expenses, and it will mean that most working students will be working to pay for their travel to their educational institution rather than for necessities such as food, shelter or educational fees.
That working students should be eligible for a travel concession card.
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The Concession Travel for All Students petition to State Transit Authority was written by Helena and is in the category Students' Rights at GoPetition.