Page 38 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 11 February 2020

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R5 service, extra capacity for people from the Woden Valley who want to take the bus directly into the city rather than having to go through Barton, over Kings Avenue Bridge and along Constitution Avenue. There will be a new bus service, the 59 route, which can take people into Barton from Woden.

The changes that we will be making from term 2 respond directly to some of the feedback that we have been receiving and the data on the network. That is the benefit of having that MyWay data and we will continue to use to it to make improvements to the network going forward.

MR PARTON: Minister, is the upcoming election the reason that you have remembered the south side exists?

MR STEEL: I thank the member for his question. He may not realise that I live on the south side, in Kambah. I realise that I live there every day when I wake up and go to work.

The answer is no. We have been making improvements in Tuggeranong, whether it is public realm improvements at Kambah village that have been welcomed by the community or whether it is the construction that will very soon begin on the laneways project in Tuggeranong town centre, but also in relation to the changes that we are making to the bus network. We put on new rapids when we made changes to the network last year to improve public transport patronage, and we are looking at making further improvements based on feedback that we have had from the Tuggeranong community.

We will continue to make changes to improve public transport patronage, because, unlike those opposite, we want to invest in public transport. We know that the Liberals’ only plan for public transport is to privatise the bus system and to cut 22 bus services at peak hours of the day.

Mrs Dunne: Point of order.

MADAM SPEAKER: Minister, resume your seat, please.

Mrs Dunne: Point of order, Madam Speaker. When answering a question, the minister is supposed to be directly relevant to the question. A riff on other people’s policy is not directly relevant, and when it is untrue it is even less directly relevant. I ask you to ensure that the minister is directly relevant to the question.

MADAM SPEAKER: I think he was relevant to the point of the question. Also, on points of order, I know it is the first question time and everyone could be quite excited to be back, but normally when a minister is on their feet they are to be heard in silence.

MS LE COUTEUR: Minister, there are buses going around saying “new one of 40 buses”. What is the net increase in the number of buses? We have 40 new ones, but how many old ones did you get rid of?


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