Answers to Questions

Regional Public Transport

398 The Hon. B.R. HOOD ().16 October 2024). Can the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport advise:

1. When will the review into regional public transport services commence, and when will it be completed by?

2. What was the cause of the delay to commencing the review?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries): I am advised by the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport:

The regional review commenced in January 2025 and will be completed this year. Since 2022, the Malinauskas government has increased funding for regional public transport by approximately $7 million per year. In contrast, the previous Marshall Liberal government, which purported to support regional communities failed to conduct a review into regional public transport and only extended existing contracts without going to tender.