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ACTION bus service—animals
(Question No 2411)
Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Transport, upon notice, on 5 April 2019:
(1) Does any data exist for the number of animals that have been permitted by drivers to travel on buses; if so, can the Minister provide data on the number and type of animals that have been permitted to travel on buses for each of the last three years.
(2) Have any bus drivers made reports relating to the carriage of animals in buses over the last three years; if so, (a) how many reports have been made and (b) can the Minister provide details of the reports.
(3) Have any bus patrons made complaints relating to the carriage of animals in buses over the last three years; if so, (a) how many complaints have been made and (b) can the Minister provide details of the complaints.
(4) Have any bus patrons been penalised for taking an animal onto a bus without the driver’s permission; if so, can the Minister provide information about the number of such incidents and the circumstances, for each of the last three years.
(5) How does Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate define assistance animals.
(6) Have there been any incidences of disability assistance animals not being permitted on a bus; if so, how many such incidents have there been in each of the last three years and can the Minister detail any action that was taken to reduce likelihood of such incidents recurring.
(7) Have there been any incidences of disability assistance animals in training that have not been permitted on a bus; if so, how many such incidents have there been in each of the last three years and can the Minister detail any action that was taken to reduce likelihood of such incidents recurring.
(8) Are there any plans to exempt therapy animals from the travelling on buses without the driver’s permission; if not, why.
Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) No.
(2) Transport Canberra’s risk management system has a record of one incident during this period, which occurred in December 2016. I am advised that a gentleman without a shirt and accompanied by a dog was refused travel by a bus driver. As the gentlemen became abusive, Transport Officers attended the scene and the situation was resolved. The gentleman was not permitted to travel with his dog on board the bus.
(3) This information is not recorded in a manner which would allow a response to this question.
(4) No.
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