Steve DIMOPOULOS (Oakleigh – Minister for Environment, Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, Minister for Outdoor Recreation) (14:45): I rise to update the house on how Victorians can make the most of the free public transport for a month commitment. Thanks to the Premier, some of the best parts of Victoria are now easier to get to. We all know on this side of the house that free public transport both eases the pressure on the pump but also benefits tourism in regional Victoria. In April you do not need a plane ticket to London, Paris, New York or anywhere else. You do not even need a train ticket either to get to a world-class exhibition at the NGV for the exhibition we have got on now, Westwood–Kawakubo, or to roam the exhibition at the Melbourne Museum. In fact if you want to go and see some penguins, you can see them for free because of our government’s investment in St Kilda Pier. If you want a free guided tour at Royal Botanic Gardens, again you catch a train, you catch a tram and you are there. Kids under 16 can go to all four campuses of the zoo for free – Kyabram, Healesville. While we are on regional Victoria, because of our government, for the Rip Curl Pro, which starts tomorrow at Bells Beach, you can go to Geelong, catch a V/Line coach to Torquay and you are there. You can get to Macedon station for the Macedon Ranges autumn festival. You can go to Bendigo station for the 100,000 Easter egg hunt for the Bendigo Easter Festival. You can go to the French Film Festival in Geelong. Again, because of our government, you can catch a train to Geelong for free. You can even go to Benalla station to go and see the Benalla Street Art Festival. As we heard from the Minister for Public and Active Transport, when you care about public investment in public goods, whether that be schools, hospitals or transport, and then you add your infrastructure investment and you add train services, you can then do things like help people through free public transport when there is a global fuel crisis.