Page 4683 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 27 November 2019

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The minister has claimed that his priority has been to deliver a reliable and accessible bus network. We can see that under his leadership Canberrans have anything but this. Unlike those opposite, the Canberra Liberals know how much Canberrans around the territory are hurting from these changes. Canberrans deserve a government that they can rely on, that listens to them regardless of internal political polling and that treats them with some respect outside an election campaign.

I would like to thank my colleagues Ms Lawder and Mrs Kikkert for their contributions today. Ms Lawder has tirelessly fought for residents on the south side to be given the same treatment as the rest of Canberra by this government. Mrs Kikkert, who, unlike Ms Cheyne, does seek to represent the people who elected her, had a petition lodged with over 590 signatures for the restoration of peak Xpresso services, school services and suburban routes around Belconnen. That petition was instrumental in having some tweaks made to the routes in her electorate.

I was proud earlier this year to table a petition totalling over 7,000 signatures calling on the government to review the impact of the network on students, the elderly and hardworking Canberrans. Of course, again, they are refusing to listen. Unlike the ALP and the Greens, the Canberra Liberals are listening, and we will continue to advocate for these changes that Canberrans actually want. That is why the Canberra Liberals made the promise earlier this year to restore dedicated school services, because Canberrans across the territory deserve a government that listens to them, respects them and delivers for them.

Question put:

That Ms Le Couteur’s amendment to Mr Steel’s proposed amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 11

Noes 8

Mr Barr

Ms Le Couteur

Miss C Burch

Mr Milligan

Ms Berry

Mr Ramsay

Mr Coe

Mr Parton

Ms J Burch

Mr Rattenbury

Mrs Dunne

Ms Cheyne

Mr Steel

Mr Hanson

Mr Gentleman

Ms Stephen-Smith

Mrs Kikkert

Mr Gupta

Ms Lawder

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Mr Steel’s amendment, as amended, agreed to.

Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.

Alexander Maconochie Centre—management

MRS JONES (Murrumbidgee) (5.26): I move:

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