TT-Line accused of hiking Spirit of Tasmania fares in wake of $6 million federal subsidy to equalisation scheme

Some visitors to Tasmania believe the cost of travelling to the state aboard Spirit of Tasmania has increased, despite ferry operator TT-Line receiving a $6 million federal government subsidy intended to make the trip cheaper.

Passenger vehicles are subsidised on the Spirit of Tasmania under an equalisation scheme designed to make the cost of taking a car across Bass Strait similar to driving the same distance on the national…