Mr BONSON - 2005-05-05
Can you advise the Assembly and the residents of Millner of the public transport initiatives in Budget 2005 which will benefit senior Territorians?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his question. There is no doubt that the Territory does have a population with a youthful profile. I believe the average age for Territorians is somewhere between 29 and 30. Nonetheless, we value our senior Territorians. We want them to stay here and we want to support them. We also realise they have a range of issues that go beyond health care and housing, and I am delighted to reaffirm that the government has allocated an additional $144 000 in the 2005-06 Budget to provide dedicated bus services for senior Territorians in Darwin and Palmerston.
This program will provide designated services for senior Territorians, taking them to and from major shopping centres and the hospital. It will provide regular services to public housing seniors’ villages. The initial service will commence with a dedicated service for seniors in the Fannie Bay Seniors Village, the Coconut Grove and Nightcliff areas. However, it will progressively extend to other villages and complexes. A driver and an escort will be on the specially-designated bus and will assist passengers on and off the bus with their shopping.
I commend this initiative to the House. It once again demonstrates that we are a government for all Territorians and our long term plans are for taking the Territory ahead.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his question. There is no doubt that the Territory does have a population with a youthful profile. I believe the average age for Territorians is somewhere between 29 and 30. Nonetheless, we value our senior Territorians. We want them to stay here and we want to support them. We also realise they have a range of issues that go beyond health care and housing, and I am delighted to reaffirm that the government has allocated an additional $144 000 in the 2005-06 Budget to provide dedicated bus services for senior Territorians in Darwin and Palmerston.
This program will provide designated services for senior Territorians, taking them to and from major shopping centres and the hospital. It will provide regular services to public housing seniors’ villages. The initial service will commence with a dedicated service for seniors in the Fannie Bay Seniors Village, the Coconut Grove and Nightcliff areas. However, it will progressively extend to other villages and complexes. A driver and an escort will be on the specially-designated bus and will assist passengers on and off the bus with their shopping.
I commend this initiative to the House. It once again demonstrates that we are a government for all Territorians and our long term plans are for taking the Territory ahead.
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