Thursday, 16 October 2025

 David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (17:47): (2019) My adjournment matter this evening is for the attention of the Minister for Public and Active Transport. There is nothing worse than paying for goods and services which never arrive, and this is the very feeling being experienced by many taxpaying commuters across the state. My office has received many reports of commuters tracking their buses through the Public Transport Victoria app on its approach to their stop, only for the bus to either never arrive or speed past them completely empty. Despite the issue being raised with the Department of Transport and Planning, buses continue to leave those waiting at bus stops scratching their heads. With Halloween just around the corner, the only ghosts we should be tolerating on our streets are young children making their yearly neighbourhood pilgrimage for candy and people transforming bedsheets into attractive costumes. My request for the minister is to engage the Victorian Auditor-General to investigate these claims of fraudulent bus services, review the government’s contracts of provision for these services and review oversight for public transport service delivery.