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International students studying in New South Wales will have access to special public transport discounts from 2013, the State Premier Barry O’Farrell has announced.
The Premier made the announcement in India where he is attending a trade mission promoting New South Wales as a leading study destination.
Acting Premier Andrew Stoner says the changes will represent travel discounts of up to 35 per cent on the full price of MyMulti passes, for travel on trains, buses, ferries, and light rail.
“The discounts allow for potential savings of more than $800 on an annual MyMulti3 pass and more than $450 on an annual MyMulti2,” he says. “Overseas students can also save more than $200 on a MyMulti3 90 day pass and $133 on a MyMulti2 90 day pass.”
“The savings can apply to all travel, not simply travel to and from students’ place of study, so this provides a fantastic opportunity for students to get out and explore Sydney and New South Wales.”
The decision is likely to increase the attraction of New South Wales as a study destination and leaves Victoria as the only Australian state not to offer travel concessions for international students.
Find out more about public transport links to Macquarie University.
Hi, seriously in my personal opinion this decision is just useless why they were not allow us to take concession for daily railway pass or mybus?? [Editor: This comment has been edited]
I agree with Henry and Liv. This discount will be totally useless for many of us. In fact there won’t be any discount unless you use: 90 days or annual mymulti2 and mymulti3. No discount on mybus or mytrain. More info here:http: //www.131500.com.au/faqs/faqs-international-students
It looks like NSW government is really not serious about the concession but only playing a pathetic promotional ploy. How frustrating!
Great stuff, will definitely pass this on to the international students we work with.
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LOVE IT
its too good for the international students those are travel for gaining the knowledge.
They said that this is for safety of student who want to save money by walking instead of using public transport. It means the location must be near to be able to walk. And this discount is just for multitravel who need to use both train and bus, or generally their home must be far. So what is the this discount for? Totally, its useless for me as It will be more expensive if I buy this ticket instead of a mybus3..!
I strongly agree with you.
How about the student who only take bus or train ?
Considering the fact that international students in SA receive an identical concession rate in comparison to local students and have done so for a while, one wonders why this can’t be replicated in NSW.Or maybe this is just some promotional ploy that would take ages to implement ( rather than just placing international students in a similar tier,they would require their own ‘special selection’ only viable for my multis).
Thanks a lot for this decision. Much helped. Long live NSW