Sandringham electorate
Brad ROWSWELL (Sandringham) (14:46): (544) My constituency question is to the Minister for Public and Active Transport. The 825 bus route in my electorate is a service that provides crucial transport for many students at Beaumaris Secondary College as well as Mentone Girls’ Secondary College and Sandringham secondary college. The principal at Beaumaris Secondary College, on behalf of a number of students, has recently expressed her concerns at the significant overcrowding on the 825 bus route, which is causing safety and accessibility challenges for hundreds of school students every single day. One of the students at Beaumaris Secondary, Amelia, shared her difficulty accessing the bus due to pushing and shoving. Her classmate Sofia shared that people are practically lying on top of one another. I want to put on record that I have already addressed these matters directly with the minister on two separate occasions last year, and to date no action has been taken by the government on behalf of those students. So I ask: how does the minister plan to address overcrowding on the 825 bus route?