Page 1703 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 15 May 2019
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MS CODY: Chief Minister: what action will ACT ministers be taking to engage with a newly elected federal government?
Mrs Dunne: I rise on a point of order. Madam Speaker, you have to rule this question out of order. We do not know what the result of the election will be. It is hypothetical.
MADAM SPEAKER: Please resume your seat.
Mr Barr: The question was: what action will we take with a newly elected federal government?
Mrs Dunne: The implication of a newly elected federal government is that there will be a change of government, which is hypothetical Madam Speaker.
Members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Members, please all settle down. There is no point of order. A government will be elected; by nature it will be new. Mr Barr, you have the floor.
MR BARR: Thank you. We will swiftly engage with incoming federal ministers. Clearly that engagement will be meaningful on identified projects that have been announced as commitments during and before the federal election campaign period. One example: I expect to see significant progress on advancing light rail approvals to align with the ACT’s investment in Stage 2 early works that I announced last week.
We will of course tailor our own fiscal and economic approach to reflect the result on Saturday. There will be a new budget if there is a new government. That will necessarily mean changes in terms of priorities between the incumbent government and a newly elected government. We know largely what to expect if the coalition is returned on Saturday, and that is: nothing for Canberra.
ACTION bus service—school services
MS LAWDER: My question is to the minister for transport and city services. I refer to a Canberra Times article of 4 May this year entitled, “Bus timetable changes leave children in tears.” Minister, why did you persist in cutting all dedicated school services to 51 schools, and a number of dedicated services to many others, despite community uproar?
MS FITZHARRIS: As the opposition is aware, prior to the new network starting a number of weeks ago there were a number of schools that did not receive dedicated school services. I guess my question is: are the Liberals going to commit to providing a dedicated school bus to every school in Canberra? That is the implication they are making.
As members know, we undertook a considerable amount of consultation over a series of different engagements. We acted on quite a considerable amount of feedback on
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