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MISS C BURCH (Kurrajong) (10.14): Pursuant to standing order 99, I move:
That the petition, relating to the reconsideration of recent changes and further consideration of improving the dedicated school transport network, be referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Transport and City Services.
As I have already said today, this demonstrates again the level of concern in our community about the cuts to dedicated school services. I recommend that this motion be supported.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Papers
Out-of-order petitions
MISS C BURCH (Kurrajong) (10.15), by leave: I present the following papers:
Petitions which do not conform with the standing orders (4)—ACT transport network—Miss C Burch (6700 signatures).
Environment and Transport and City Services—Standing Committee
Reference
MISS C BURCH (Kurrajong) (10.16): I move:
That the out-of-order petitions, relating to the reconsideration of recent changes and further consideration of improving the dedicated school transport network, be referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Transport and City Services.
In justifying why I believe it is so important for the petition that I have just lodged to be referred to the committee, I draw to the Assembly’s attention the further four petitions I have here today. These petitions contain over 6,700 signatories, bringing the total to date to over 7,000 and to around 10,000 signatures across all petitions relating to this bus network.
I draw particular attention to the smallest petition that I am tabling today, which has only 81 signatures. This is certainly the most powerful. It is a petition that has been signed by some of the people who have been hit hardest by these changes and are some of the most vulnerable in our community. This petition has been signed by 81 schoolchildren who are asking that Minister Fitzharris reinstate their school bus. It is an indictment on the minister that the children she claims to be keeping safe, the children she promised would get to school faster under her new network, are so fed up with being ignored that they feel it necessary to sign a petition in the hope that somebody will finally listen to them.
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