Page 1660 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 15 May 2019
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- eliminating school buses taking Belconnen students to and from Canberra Grammar School, Lyneham high school, Brindabella College, Canberra Girls’ Grammar School, St Clare’s College, St Edmund’s College and Daramalan College; and
- reducing the frequency of the 40 bus in the Aranda area during both morning and afternoon peak hours despite requests for increased service.
For many students, workers and families, this means significantly more time spent commuting from 29 April 2019.
Example - 712 takes 40 minutes to Northbourne and instead it will take bus# 43 and 9 approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call upon the ACT Government to restore these bus services or provide an equivalent or better alternative.
The Clerk having announced that the terms of the petitions would be recorded in Hansard and a copy referred to the appropriate minister for response pursuant to standing order 100, the petition was received.
Pursuant to standing order 99A, the petition, having more than 500 signatories, was referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Transport and City Services.
Ministerial response
The following response to a petition has been lodged:
Canberra sexual health centre—petition 2-19
By Ms Fitzharris, Minister for Health and Wellbeing, dated 14 May 2019, in response to a petition lodged by Ms J Burch on 12 February 2019 concerning support for the Canberra Sexual Health Centre.
The response read as follows:
Dear Mr Duncan
Thank you for your letter of 12 February 2019, regarding petition 2-19 lodged by Ms Joy Burch MLA, about ACT Health to provide increased support for resource and infrastructure improvements at Canberra Sexual Health Centre. In response to the petition, I offer the following information.
The Canberra Sexual Health Service has an essential role in supporting the health of Canberrans and focuses on safe sex promotion, the testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and the long-term management of HIV infection among other important functions.
The ACT Government is currently planning for the relocation and enhancement of infrastructure supporting the Canberra Sexual Health Centre, as part of the Surgical Procedures, Interventional Radiology and Emergency (SPIRE) Centre Project. The location of the SPIRE Centre will displace the existing Canberra
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