Constituency questions
Berwick electorate
Brad BATTIN (Berwick) (14:38): (770) My constituency question is to the Minister for Public and Active Transport. The information I am seeking is: what process do schools in my electorate of Berwick have to go through to get dedicated school bus services? We have a real problem in the area, especially through Clyde North, where the existing public bus services just cannot get the kids to school on time because the connections just are not there – and if they are, they are often so full that the buses drive past the kids waiting at bus stops. One mother has recently told us that from Clyde North it means it takes her over 2 hours each way by the public bus to the Kambrya high school, which is just over a 20-minute walk away from the bus stop, having to change buses several times. One father told our office last week that he has had to sell his house in Clyde North and move closer to Kambrya all because of the public bus services’ inability to serve the Clyde North community effectively. Parents in Clyde North are screaming out for dedicated bus routes. We want the Minister for Education to ask about this process as well.