Wednesday, 1 May 2024

 Ann-Marie HERMANS (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (14:04): (822) My constituency question is to the minister for transport. Minister, in the city of Casey, which we all know is under the administration of this government, there are a total of 1165 bus stops, but only 442 of those have bus shelters, with 295 owned and maintained by the state government. As the lack of shelters is detrimental to public transport users in inclement weather, there is more importantly a safety issue for people standing on the side of the road, exposed, particularly people with a disability. I ask the minister: what will you do to correct this problem in my electorate, when locals have told me that the issue is shoved back and forth between the City of Casey council and the Department of Transport, who argue about which department should budget for these shelters? We would actually really like to know this, because I can tell you that in the City of Casey there are schools for people with disability and there are also a number of elderly people and a number of retirement villages, and these people are genuinely at risk. So, Minister, if you could please do something about this and provide the funding and show us what you are going to do, that would be – (Time expired)

Michael Galea: On a point of order, Acting President, my colleague Mrs Hermans has put her question to the minister for transport, but there is no such minister. I ask her to reframe it either to the Minister for Public and Active Transport or to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure.

Ann-Marie HERMANS: I would like to direct the question to the Minister for Public and Active Transport.