Page 69 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 11 February 2020
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Your petitioners therefore request that the Assembly calls on the Government to: introduce the inclusion of screening for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) into the existing Newborn Screening (Guthrie test) to reduce preventable infant mortality. Inclusion in the Newborn Screening test would enable early detection, diagnosis and lifesaving treatment for these babies. This is already standard practice in New Zealand, most US states and other OECD countries.
Pursuant to standing order 99A, the petitions, having more than 500 signatories, were referred to the Standing Committee on Health, Ageing and Community Services.
The Clerk having announced that the terms of the petitions would be recorded in Hansard and referred to the appropriate ministers for response pursuant to standing order 100, the petitions were received.
Ministerial responses
The following responses to petitions have been lodged:
Wanniassa bus routes—petition 27-19
By Mr Steel, Minister for Transport, dated 10 December 2019, in response to a petition lodged by Ms Lawder on 19 September 2019 concerning Wanniassa bus route changes.
The response read as follows:
Dear Mr Duncan
Thank you for your letter of 19 September 2019 regarding petition No 27-19 lodged by Ms Nicole Lawder MLA regarding Wanniassa bus route changes.
To provide more frequent and reliable services for our growing city, it was necessary to make changes across the city. As a result, more Canberrans are using public transport. During the first quarter of 2019-20 (1 July to 30 September 2019), Transport Canberra recorded 6.4% more journeys on bus and light rail services than were recorded during the same period in 2018.
Wanniassa is served by several different bus routes, including:
• Rapid 5, which provides frequent services, seven days a week to destinations including the City, Woden and Lanyon along Langdon Avenue and from the Erindale Interchange;
• Routes 72 and 73 provide services to local destinations and the town centre along Wheeler Crescent; and
• Route 74 and 75 provide services to local destinations and the town centre along Sternberg Crescent.
Additionally, many residents of the area use the Wanniassa Park and Ride to access fast, frequent and direct buses to the City, Woden, Belconnen and Tuggeranong on Rapid 4 and Rapid 5. I recently announced that due to the popularity of this Park and Ride, the Government will provide additional parking spaces to make it easier for residents to access these rapid services.
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