Page 1909 - Week 07 - Thursday, 13 August 2020
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Pursuant to standing order 99A, the petition, having more than 500 signatories, were referred to the Standing Committee on Planning and Urban Renewal.
Transport Canberra—Symonston bus services—petition 14-20
By Miss C Burch, from 3 residents:
To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory
This petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly that:
Transport Canberra bus services for Symonston were stopped on 29 April 2019.
This bus service catered for 86 tenanted sites at the Narrabundah Long Stay Park which include vulnerable residents, 85 sites at the Sundown Villas for residents of over 60 years old, approximately 500 employees at Geoscience Australia and 750 employees at the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to:
Assist where possible in the reinstatement of the Transport Canberra bus services for Symonston.
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:
Schools—online learning—petition 8-20
By Ms Berry, Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, dated 1 August 2020, in response to a petition lodged by Ms Lee on 7 May 2020 concerning the closure of schools during the coronavirus pandemic.
The response read as follows:
Dear Mr Duncan
I write in relation to petition No 8-20 tabled in the Legislative Assembly on 7 Mary 2020 by Ms Elizabeth Lee MLA, regarding the delivery of public education in term two.
At the start of term two, ACT public schools students made the transition to learning remotely. Teachers designed this learning to be appropriate for the age and abilities of their students. Remote learning included offline activities and face-to-face activities with classmates and teachers via video conferencing. Year 11 and 12 students continued to work towards their ACT Senior Secondary Certificate.
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