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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 863

ACTION Bus Drivers - Smoking

Mrs Carnell - asked the Minister for Urban Services

(1) Are bus drivers allowed to smoke while in buses on duty in unenclosed cabins; if so, why.

(2) Does the Government accept that passive smoking is a health hazard.

Mr Connolly - the answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) Drivers are exempt from the ion-smoking rule on ACTION buses by Section 25A of the Motor Omnibus Service Regulations which were introduced in the early 1980s.

However ACTION management and employees recognise that there are Occupational Health & Safety policy benefits by not permitting drivers to smoke while there are passengers on the bus. The operating agreement negotiated between management and drivers- prohibits drivers smoking when passengers are on the bus.

ACTION has adopted a policy of encouraging its staff in their efforts to give up smoking through sponsoring QUIT Smoking Courses:

(2) Yes. The Government is moving towards eliminating smoking from all public places.

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