❓ The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure outlines plans to improve public transport in Albany, including community consultation and a revamp of bus services, acknowledging existing issues and promising a re-engineering of routes.
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I took the opportunity of the regional Parliament sittings to invite the minister to meet the Albany public transport task force. Can the minister outline what she proposes to improve public transport in Albany? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for Albany for his question. I also thank him for the enormous number of meetings he has organised with the community for me. It has been fantastic. The exceptionally high regard that the member for Albany is held in the community has been very evident to me and to all ministers, along with people’s appreciation for the tremendous hard work he does and his deep links into the community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Albany for his question. I also thank him for the enormous number of meetings he has organised with the community for me. It has been fantastic. The exceptionally high regard that the member for Albany is held in the community has been very evident to me and to all ministers, along with people’s appreciation for the tremendous hard work he does and his deep links into the community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
I thank the member for Albany for his question. I also thank him for the enormous number of meetings he has organised with the community for me. It has been fantastic. The exceptionally high regard that the member for Albany is held in the community has been very evident to me and to all ministers, along with people’s appreciation for the tremendous hard work he does and his deep links into the community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for Albany for his question. I also thank him for the enormous number of meetings he has organised with the community for me. It has been fantastic. The exceptionally high regard that the member for Albany is held in the community has been very evident to me and to all ministers, along with people’s appreciation for the tremendous hard work he does and his deep links into the community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
I thank the member for Albany for his question. I also thank him for the enormous number of meetings he has organised with the community for me. It has been fantastic. The exceptionally high regard that the member for Albany is held in the community has been very evident to me and to all ministers, along with people’s appreciation for the tremendous hard work he does and his deep links into the community. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The community understands when it has a decent and committed man representing it, and it responds accordingly. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
I was pleased to meet the Albany public transport task force, which comprises a group of committed activist in this community who recognise that Albany is growing quite dramatically. They want the sort of sustainable transport options and transport infrastructure that they see people in the city of Perth and other towns enjoying. I was very happy to talk to them and the member for Albany about some problems we identified with the Albany bus service. A number of town centres have a bus service that has built up in a somewhat ad hoc fashion with little bits added incrementally. We find that services do not necessarily meet the current demands and have not adjusted to the changing patterns of the community. We find that services are not frequent enough, timetables are hard to read and not modern and there is a lack of route maps - all of the issues that are very important to make public transport work. In many instances buses are not appropriate for the very mountainous terrain of Albany. Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: I thought it would have been the Mandurah train! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: It seems mountainous to me when I go out there walking in the morning. Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Overall the service does not add a great alternative to car use. There are about three town bus services, 12 town school bus services and 16 country bus services. Certainly bus drivers on school bus contracts are exceptionally happy because they are getting $4 an hour more than they were previously. The Government recognises that the bus service must be revamped. I have given a commitment that the Government will undertake that revamp. We will start the process of community consultation engagement in June. We have done the same thing recently in Bunbury, where there has been an amazing turnaround in the usage of public transport. The review process for a complete re-engineering of the routes and the public transport infrastructure in Bunbury has been very well received. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
The SPEAKER: Members! Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: The Government is therefore very happy to announce that the next cab off the rank will be the wonderful town of Albany. I use this opportunity to thank the people of Albany for their fantastic hospitality; it has been a great stay.
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