Page 4758 - Week 13 - Thursday, 28 November 2019
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high. We have asked questions about this pop-up tip in the past. Has the owner of the site failed to comply with any conditions set by WorkSafe or any other ACT government body and, if so, what legal action is being taken by the government?
MR BARR: I will seek some advice from those regulatory agencies and get back to the member in due course.
MS LAWDER: Minister, what bond was paid to underwrite this tip, and what will it cost the government to clean up this site?
MR BARR: Again, I will seek that information and take the question on notice.
MR WALL: Chief Minister, what steps is the government pursuing to manage the environmental risks such as fire, vermin and dust in the forthcoming dry summer months?
MR BARR: Obviously those matters, together with other site safety matters, are the responsibility of those regulatory agencies. I am confident that they do their jobs diligently, but I will take the detail of the question on notice.
Transport Canberra—student safety
MISS C BURCH: My question is to the Minister for Transport. Minister, when will the government fix the transport network so that it is more accessible and safer for students to travel on?
MR STEEL: I thank the member for her question. As we discussed yesterday, there are more school students using public transport than there were under the old network, which is a fantastic outcome. Of course, we continue to work very closely with schools through the schools liaison committee. As a result of that we have made around 136 tweaks to the system, many of them in relation to school bus routes and timetables, and working with schools around infrastructure to make sure that students can move to stops. We will continue to listen to the community’s feedback, working closely with schools and talking with them about what improvements we can make to encourage more students to use public transport.
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MR STEEL: What we are seeing under the new system is that students have adapted really well, to the extent that, under our seven-day network, which they are now used to, they are now—
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, enough.
MR STEEL: using the bus on the weekend. We are seeing a massive increase in the number of student concession cardholders using public transport on the weekend to get around, to see their friends, to participate in sporting activities and the like, which
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