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• working with another two skip operators to set up sorting operations at Hume and Mugga Lane Landfill; and
• agreeing to the Mitchell Resource Management Centre contractor commencing a trial of skip waste sorting at that site in September 2005.
Transport—private bus drivers
(Question No 491)
Mr Pratt asked the Minister for Urban Services, upon notice, on 18 August 2005:
(1) Further to a report on ABC News Online, 15 August, that a school bus driver returning from the NSW snowfields was charged with drink driving, how many ACTION bus drivers have been (a) randomly and (b) routinely breath tested during (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03, (iii) 2003-04, (iv) 2004-05 and (v) 2005-06 to date;
(2) How many private bus drivers have been (a) randomly and (b) routinely breath tested during (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03, (iii) 2003-04, (iv) 2004-05 and (v) 2005-06 to date;
(3) How many bus drivers in each of the years above have been (a) charged, (b) convicted, (c) suspended from duty or (d) dismissed as a result of a drink driving offence;
(4) If no bus drivers have been routinely or randomly tested, why not.
Mr Hargreaves: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) While the drivers of public and private buses are required to submit to police breath testing in the same way as any other motorist in the ACT, the profession of drivers is not routinely recorded by ACT Policing. It is therefore not possible to provide data on this issue.
(2) See response to question 1.
(3) See response to question 1.
(4) See response to question 1.
Roads—line markings
(Question No 492)
Mr Pratt asked the Minister for Urban Services, upon notice, on 18 August 2005:
(1) Further to a report in The Canberra Times, Letters to the Editor “Thin White Lines” 15 August 2005, page 10 that ACT lane markings are confusing for some motorists, are there any differences between lane markings in the ACT and NSW; if so, what are those differences and why are they different;
(2) Do all line markings in the ACT meet with Australian Standards; if not, why not;
(3) Have there been any complaints recorded relating to the marking of road lanes in the ACT; if so, how many complaints have been received during (a) 2005-06 to date,
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