Page 2589 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 8 August 1990
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MR ACTING SPEAKER: I will take that as a supplementary question.
MR HUMPHRIES: Obviously.
ACTION Bus-stops
MRS NOLAN: My question is directed to the Minister for Finance and Urban Services. What is the Government doing to resolve industrial disputes which are preventing buses servicing a number of bus-stops in Canberra?
MR DUBY: I thank Mrs Nolan for the question. My understanding of the situation in relation to the disputes about the servicing of bus-stops in Canberra is that bans were introduced by the Transport Workers Union in response to what the union saw as unsatisfactory progress on a number of perceived traffic safety issues. Modifications to road works to overcome most of the problems perceived by the union are under consideration, but members will appreciate that regard must also be had to the needs and convenience of the public and commerce in the area.
The stops in relation to which the union has imposed bans have included the southbound stop in Commonwealth Avenue opposite Albert Hall, the Belconnen-bound stop in Barry Drive near Clunies Ross Street as a partial ban, stops outside Home World in Sulwood Drive, Tuggeranong, and the bus-stops in front of the FAI building and Electricity House in London Circuit, which are the most heavily utilised stops outside interchanges in Canberra and which are being treated as a priority by the Government. A consultant has been engaged to explore possible options to overcome the alleged safety problems of this site.
Mr Berry: Does management agree that there is a safety problem?
MR DUBY: I agree with those who believe that the TWU has taken pre-emptory action with these bans and with scant consideration for ACTION's clients when a more conciliatory approach would undoubtedly have been more useful.
School Closures
MRS GRASSBY: I ask a question of the "don't know" Minister, Mr Humphries. How many tenants will be relocated as a consequence of school closures? What will be the cost of their relocation?
MR HUMPHRIES: I thank Mrs Grassby for the question. A number of tenants will be relocated, and I think a number of them have been mentioned in discussion and debate in the
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