House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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Bus Security Screens

Mr PISONI (Unley) (14:45): My question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. How many driver safety screens have been retrofitted to existing buses since the government's announcement in October 2013—

The Hon. T.R. Kenyon interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Newland is warned.

Mr PISONI: How many driver safety screens have been retrofitted to existing buses since the government's announcement in October 2013 that it would be negotiating with the unions and bus companies to install private safety screens?

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Minister for Housing and Urban Development) (14:46): I thank the member for Unley for his question. My understanding is that when we procure the new buses as part of our annual bus replacement program, where we buy a number of new buses each year and we retire a corresponding number of older buses each year, we do so with the screens either preinstalled or we install them before putting them into service. The member's question was—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: That's right—how many were retrofitted. I don't have that figure on me, but I'm happy to seek some advice from the department and come back to him.