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Transport Workers' Union calls for change to no-child-left-behind policy after Cairns bus driver sacked

The union representing transport workers in Queensland wants bus drivers on the public network to have more freedom to refuse fares to unsupervised children.

A Cairns bus driver was sacked for serious misconduct in February after he refused to allow three unaccompanied boys aged eight to 10 to ride his bus to a shopping centre.

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