Page 840 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 25 July 1989
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meet the demands of a transport system that is increasing in its complexity and also increasing quite rapidly in size. In particular, it does not provide for receipting of all the passengers, which you might regard as increasing opportunities for fare evasion, and it also does not permit a very informed level of information on the revenue analysis and the patronage statistics on the use of ACTION buses. So there clearly is a need to take some action on it, if you will pardon the pun.
ACTION is preparing to trial some equipment during August, to test passenger and driver reactions to alternative automated ticketing systems. These systems are being progressively introduced in other Australian capital cities. The equipment, I believe, has been provided at no cost to ACTION for the period of the trial, and it will result in a detailed cost-benefit analysis which, of course, will be undertaken before there is any commitment to use that kind of equipment.
Taverns Near Schools
MR JENSEN: My question is directed to the Chief Minister in her capacity as Minister responsible for planning. I refer to the petition to this Assembly by the residents of the Isabella Plains area in relation to the now abandoned proposal to build a tavern close to the Isabella Plains Primary School. As the decision not to proceed with the tavern rests for the moment with the developer of the site, will the Minister give her assurance that planning guidelines will be put in place as soon as possible to prevent taverns being established within at least one kilometre of any school?
MS FOLLETT: I thank Mr Jensen for the question. Just to clear up the question of the Isabella Plains tavern, I might advise the Assembly that the lease for block 4, section 883, Isabella Plains, which is the site for the Isabella Plains shopping centre, was sold at auction on 15 December 1988, and the original purpose clause for the lease is to use the premises only for the purpose of retail shops and a supermarket. Building plans were submitted for a restaurant and a takeaway facility in the area. The takeaway facility, I am advised, would be approved, but a variation of the purpose clause would be required to allow a restaurant to be built. Legal advice that has been sought indicates that the definition of a restaurant does not include a tavern, and therefore it would be necessary to get a change of lease purpose clause to allow for use as a tavern in that restaurant. If there were to be such a request it would, of course, be referred to the Interim Territory Planning Authority to seek such approval.
I think the situation here is that there has been an idea floated that there would be a tavern, but the person proposing that has not proceeded very far with such an
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