Page 3248 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 21 August 2019
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maternity services inquiry currently underway, which we have welcomed. We have certainly welcomed people sharing their experiences with that inquiry. Canberra Health Services and I appeared before that inquiry, and we await the recommendations with much interest, acknowledging that health services are learning organisations. They are organisations that are constantly seeking to improve.
Transport—safety
MS LE COUTEUR: My question is to the minister for transport. When was the last women’s safety or disability access audit undertaken for any of Canberra’s public transport infrastructure such as bus interchanges or bus stops?
MR STEEL: I thank Ms Le Couteur for her question and I am happy to come back to her on notice with the detail and the exact timings of any audits that might have been undertaken of the transport system. I am certainly aware that, as a result of the ABC segment last night, the Women’s Centre for Health Matters is currently conducting a survey of women around Canberra in relation to transport and I am looking forward to seeing the outcomes of that survey and any feedback that can help us to plan for transport infrastructure in the future.
Of course, as we continue work on bringing light rail stage 2 down to Woden from the city, I think that there is a real opportunity to engage in relation to the design, particularly at a stationary level: how we make sure that connections to the station are good for people who are walking and cycling and also with regard to different cohorts in our community, making sure that those environments and stops are safe for people to use.
MS LE COUTEUR: Minister, what is the government doing to ensure that the journey from the bus stop, the bus interchange or the railhead to home is safe, particularly noting that under network 19 some people are walking further than they did before?
MR STEEL: I thank the member for her question. There is a range of things that we look at. Some stops, particularly for light rail, have things like CCTV installed, and there are cameras on board light rail as well, and other elements. I am happy to provide a list of those to the Assembly on notice. It is capital improvements but also on public transport it is how the staff operate. I will provide that on notice.
Ms Le Couteur: Madam Speaker, I raise a point of order. I specifically asked about getting home from the bus stop or the light rail stop. The minister’s answer has not dealt with any of that.
MADAM SPEAKER: The minister did say he would get some information on notice. Maybe we can clarify. Would that information would include a response to that, Minister?
MR STEEL: I am happy to provide some information about that. There is a significant number of bus stops across the ACT. We will consider those issues. I am happy to provide some information about the outcomes of any audits that might have
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