ABC News – Australia ·australia ·2 hours ago

'We pay our rates': Call for island to introduce public bus

Macleay Island residents are calling for a public bus service after disability advocate Melanie Lynch lodged a discrimination complaint with Australia's Human Rights Commission. The 3,000-island residents collected over 2,000 petition signatures, but Queensland's transport minister rejected the proposal, citing previous trials showing low demand and insufficient population density of three to four dwellings per hectare.

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