Sunday, July 23, 2006

[Australia] Arriving at platform is common courtesy, if not common cold / Sydney Morning Herald, 22 Jul 2006

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John Huxley
■ Station announcements targeting "inappropriate" behaviour by free-pass students, such as vandalism, racism and failure to surrender their seats for the elderly, disabled and pregnant.
■ A new code of conduct for students that carries penalties ranging from a two-week suspension of free travel to a permanent ban from public transport for "dangerous acts".
■ Reminders, to adults especially, to avoid spreading flu germs by refraining from coughing and sneezing over fellow passengers. As John Watkins, the Transport Minister, put it, "If you're feeling crook … look after yourself as well as those around you." [ASBO]