00:02All aboard for a month of free travel.
00:05We need to do this right now because households are already under pressure.
00:10From Tuesday, commuters on Victorian trains, trams and buses
00:14won't need to touch on their Mikey or bank cards.
00:17If you're a regular weekly, daily public transport user,
00:21you'll be able to save over $220 for the month of April.
00:24The move will cost $71 million lost revenue,
00:28designed to keep money in pockets and fuel in bouses.
00:32Hopefully this will take the pressure off that demand
00:35and will free up a bit of fuel to be able to get out to those farmers
00:38who so desperately need that fuel right now.
00:40I'm sort of trying to save my petrol where I can.
00:43We're spending almost double at the moment
00:45and it's certainly changed the way we go into the city a lot.
00:48It's a good idea, especially for me as an international student, yes.
00:52While no extra services have been added,
00:54the government insists the network is ready for any influx of passengers.
00:59But others want long-term solutions.
01:02Will people feel it when the fares come back in?
01:04Yeah, absolutely.
01:05They should actually be using that time to look at what they can do
01:08in terms of changing the fares to make it more affordable.
01:12For many Victorians, public transport isn't an option.
01:14It's not accessible.
01:15So we need to think about how do we actually provide that relief
01:18where the pinch is.
01:20The tap and go trial will be paused
01:22and prepaid Mikeys won't be charged while fares are free.
01:25If you do happen to accidentally touch on during that period, don't worry.
01:30The gates close on free travel at the end of April.
01:33as it will come back in the e-book.
01:34The gate.
01:35In the другие grid and the waves
01:36The area for success.
01:38The gate.
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