Govt prefers targeted program rather than free public transport: Barr

Chief Minister Andrew Barr said free public transport would benefit people who have a capacity to pay and the government would prefer a more targeted program. Picture by Keegan Carroll

The ACT government is prepared to examine expanding concessions for public transport but a trial of free public transport is unlikely.

The ACT Council of Social Service has urged the government to consider a trial of free transport in its annual cost of living report, which found the territory was facing its worst cost-of-living crisis in 20 years.