Is it a type of institutionalised racism to refuse concession fares to international graduate students?
YouTube 2 - More on Fair Fares
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YouTube 1 - Fair Fares Rally!
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Action Update - Gearing up for the Fair Fares Rally!
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The Concession Card Coalition arranged a media launch on 24 August, building momentum for the Fair Fares Rally to be held on Wednesday 2 September.
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Download attachment(s): [ Initial Letter to John Brumby 29 April 09 ] [ Response from John Brumby 29 June 09 ] [ Further Letter to John Brumby 24 August 09 ]
Fair Fares Rally - 2 September
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Join your fellow students on this peaceful rally to demand concession fares for ALL international and postgraduate students!
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On Wednesday 2 September, gather with fellow students at 1 pm in front of the Graduate Centre (1888 Building) in Grattan Street. We will then continue to the State Library of Victoria for the 2 pm rally which includes representatives from universities and colleges all over Victoria.
Date: Wednesday 2 September
Time: 1 pm
Place: The University of Melbourne Graduate Centre (1888 Building), Grattan Street
Download attachment(s): [ Fair Fares rally downloadable poster ]
GSA Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Welfare of International Students
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The GSA recommends that:
- funding for scholarships and for student support services be increased in order to meet the increasing demand of a growing international student cohort;
- international student visa costs be reduced to make them comparable with other countries;
- international student visa conditions be revised in order to allow for more leniency for students whose visas are revoked or those who wish to have their visa extended;
- public transport concessions be granted to all international students, regardless of which state they reside in, or which course they are studying."
Download attachment(s): [ GSA Submission Senate Inquiry - Welfare of International Students ]
“Fair Fares” Campaign Update, July 2009
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Fair Fares Rally - 2 pm, Wednesday 2 September 2009, Outside the State Library of Victoria
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Download attachment(s): [ Letter to Premier John Brumby about the Concession Card Campaign (PDF format) ] [ Table of eligibility for concession cards by CAPA (PDF format) ] [ Poster for Fair Fares Rally 2 September 2009 ]
The Concession Card Coalition
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The Concession Card Coalition is a new campaign group based in Melbourne.
We are university and college students (all students—international, postgraduate, undergraduate, domestic), student unions, international associations and clubs, postgraduate associations, and even peak student bodies (National Union of Students (NUS) and CAPA) who have come together to campaign for public transport concession equality for Victorian students. We demand that the Victorian state government provide full public transport concessions to all postgraduate and international students.
Come to the next Concession Card Coalition (CCC-Vic) campaign organising meeting.
Meetings are held every Monday at 5.30pm at the RMIT University Cafeteria, Building 8, Swanston St campus. All campaign supporters welcome!
Become friends with our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=94363169677
Subscribe to our email discussion list by sending a blank email to the following address:
CCC-Victoria-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Groups already involved in the CCC:
Graduate Student Association
Federation of Indian Students Australia
Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations
Persatuan Pelajar Indonesia Australia
National Union of Students
Monash Postgraduate Association
La Trobe University Postgraduate Association
University of Melbourne Student Union
Swinburne Student Union
RMIT Student Union
Malaysian Postgraduate Students’ Association
Monash Student Association
La Trobe University SRC
Media Release: Transport Concession Campaign
GSA welcomes Universities Australia Call for International Student Transport Concessions
Fair Fares Rally successful - great turnout validates the campaign!
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"What do we want? - FAIR FARES!! When do we want them - NOW!!"
"Full Fair - NOT FAIR!!"
Over 250 students and supporters gathered on the steps of state
parliament last Wednesday (29/04) to send a loud and vibrant message
that Graduate and International students need 'Fair Fares'. Earlier
that day graduate students had gathered in front of the Graduate Centre
at the University of Melbourne to participate in the associations
Annual General Meeting, at which a vote was taken unanimously in
support of the GSA campaign.
"Full Fair - NOT FAIR!!"
(Chants from the crowd at the GSA 'Fair Fares' Rally, Wednesday 29/04/09)
The Fair Fares rally moves towards the city.
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Download attachment(s): [ Article in Sydney University's Honi Soit Issue 8-09 ]
Support Growing for April 29 ‘Fair Fares’ Rally
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Support Growing for April 29 ‘Fair Fares’ Rally
The decision of the GSA and thirteen other organisations to protest at the Victorian State Parliament tomorrow has prompted significant broader support for the aims of the campaign. At a meeting of the Melbourne University Council held last night (27/04), the University Chancellor, the Hon Alex Chernov AO QC, moved the following resolution which was endorsed unanimously:
Today, the University of Melbourne Provost Professor Peter McPhee offered the following words of encouragement and support to student organisations that have been campaigning for transport concession equality:
The decision of the GSA and thirteen other organisations to protest at the Victorian State Parliament tomorrow has prompted significant broader support for the aims of the campaign. At a meeting of the Melbourne University Council held last night (27/04), the University Chancellor, the Hon Alex Chernov AO QC, moved the following resolution which was endorsed unanimously:
The Council supports the claim of the
Graduate Student Association that the State Government provide to
Victorian postgraduate and international students the same public
transport concessions that are now made available to domestic
undergraduate students.
Today, the University of Melbourne Provost Professor Peter McPhee offered the following words of encouragement and support to student organisations that have been campaigning for transport concession equality:
Download attachment(s): [ Support_grows_for_April_29_rally_28-04-09.pdf ]