Legislative Council Concedes International Students Deserve More

The campaign for international students to qualify for travel concession cards found another supporter on Tuesday with the subject debated in the YMCA NSW Youth Parliament. Grievances arise from the exclusion of international and domestic part time students from half price fares on all public transport, which increases the cost of travel considerably for those who don’t qualify. The current concession rules, which only grants discounts to full time students, were characterised as “discrimination” and “denying equal access to education” by Youth Members of the Legislative Council in debate.