Wednesday, 4 February 2026

 Katherine COPSEY (Southern Metropolitan) (12:39): My question is to the Minister for Public and Active Transport. A constituent has contacted me about the fairness of Victoria’s student Myki concessions for people commencing full-time postgrad study. Transport Victoria’s published eligibility rules state that postgrad and part-time students cannot get a student concession. I note many other jurisdictions generally provide concessions on full-time tertiary enrolment rather than excluding postgraduate studies. For example, New South Wales offers a tertiary concession on Opal for eligible full-time students in accredited higher education and VET courses. The ACT states tertiary students are eligible for concession fares. WA and SA offer concessions for full-time uni and TAFE students, regardless of whether that is undergraduate or postgraduate. In a cost-of-living crisis, Victoria punishes people who are going on to postgraduate studies despite the significant study placement and travel costs that it takes to do so. Will the minister review the student concession eligibility settings to include full-time postgrad students, and if you will not, why not?