Queensland’s 50 Cent Public Transport: Expert Says Too Little, Too Late for Labor?

A surprise move by the Labor state government of Queensland to offer 50-cent tickets for public transport will only win over urban commuters already committed to the Greens. That’s according to a political expert, who says the incumbent government is only delaying a likely election loss in October. Griffith University Associate Professor Paul Williams provided his insight to The Epoch Times after it was announced that from Aug. 5, all Translink public transport tickets would cost just 50 cents as part of a six-month trial. Translink is government-run and is the largest provider of train, bus, and ferry services in Brisbane. But Assoc. Prof. Williams said the problem with policy “sugar hits” was that they seldom worked in an election, and voters often had short memories....