Suburban Train Drivers

841 Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (4 June 2019). Since 2014, how many people over the age of 50 have been successful in their application to be employed by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure as a suburban train driver?

1. How does this compare to the total number of people appointed to this specific position over the same period?

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning): I have been advised the following:

Since 2014, the total number of people over the age of 50 who have been successful in their application to be employed by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure as a suburban train driver was 11. In total there were 66 people appointed as suburban train drivers over the period.