Page 2788 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 14 August 1991
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quite happy to do that in the context of our commitment to retain a health facility on that site. We did it in accordance with the figures which were developed by the steering committee which I commissioned, and we have no difficulty with that.
But Mr Moore, if he wants to play a responsible role in this Territory and in this Assembly, has to recognise that there has been a sizeable amount of the community's resources poured into the closure of that hospital, and no responsible government can ignore the 18 months of spending that has gone into that proposal. As I have said, this Government will not ignore it.
School Bus Service
MRS NOLAN: Mr Speaker, my question is to Mr Connolly in his capacity as Minister for Urban Services. Mr Connolly, do you think it appropriate and responsible for schoolchildren to be returned to a school with a school bus driver refusing to drive them home on the normal school route without the normal process being followed through? Is it the normal procedure for the driver to call in a supervisor if there are any problems? Was this agreed to last Thursday in relation to school route 734? If not, why not?
MR CONNOLLY: Mrs Nolan asked me about school route 734 last Thursday.
Mr Kaine: You should know about that!
MR CONNOLLY: Mr Kaine says that I should know about it. If anyone wants an answer to questions on timetabling or fare structures, or the odometer reading on specific buses at any given time, I will do my best. I presume that Mrs Nolan is making allusions to some industrial disputations which have occurred recently. If not, I must say that I do not know what Mrs Nolan is referring to. The practice always has been that if a member really wants an answer to a detailed question they should give notice. They will always get the detailed answer. All I can do in this case is endeavour to find out what occurred with route 734.
MRS NOLAN: I have a supplementary question.
MR SPEAKER: Members, if you would not mind, could we not have supplementary questions today?
MRS NOLAN: I am sorry, but in this case my question is quite specific.
Mr Connolly: What was the route number?
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