Page 970 - Week 06 - Wednesday, 26 July 1989
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MS FOLLETT: Well, I would expect it to be two, but I am just not aware of the precise details of the service that is proposed. But if that mediation service is able to keep people out of the courts, resolve community difficulties without having to resort to much more protracted action, and if particularly it is able to achieve some consensus between neighbours, for instance, who might be having a dispute, then it is $100,000 very well spent.
Bus Service
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, I have a couple of answers which I would like to provide to questions that Mrs Grassby was asked. The first one was a question relating to ACTION bus route 183, the 8.00 am service from Tuggeranong. Mr Duby asked on 29 June about the discontinuation of the 8.00 am route 183 ACTION bus service from Erindale to the Hyperdome.
The answer to Mr Duby's question is as follows: The 8.00 am service on route 183 was initially discontinued because of low patronage and the need to include the bus in the extension of services 120 and 122 to the Tuggeranong Town Centre. With the introduction of new shifts and the opening of the Tuggeranong depot, ACTION will reintroduce the service as from 14 August 1989. In line with ACTION policy the service will be reviewed periodically in order to assess service utilisation.
Electricity and Water Rates
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, on behalf of Mrs Grassby, I also have an answer to a question asked by Dr Kinloch on 28 June 1989. Dr Kinloch asked Mrs Grassby about referring electricity and water rate increases to the Prices Surveillance Authority. The answer to Dr Kinloch's question is that the chairman of the ACT Electricity and Water Authority recently announced an increase of 4 per cent in electricity tariffs and an increase of 6.5 per cent for water and sewerage rates. As I mentioned yesterday in the budget statement, both these increases are below the inflation rate, and I consider that an excellent result considering the increase of 6 per cent in the bulk supply cost of electricity. I think that, in the circumstances and given the level of those increases, there is no reason to refer this matter to the Prices Surveillance Authority, which is after all a Commonwealth Government body.
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