The Greens Meredith Hunter is celebrating her campaign launch with a transport package:
— An additional $21m for better suburban bus services: more buses, better frequency, addressing overcrowding, new Park and Ride facilities (Erindale, Wanniassa/Kambah, Gungahlin, Weston Creek, Molonglo).
— An additional $3m for better school bus services.
— $3m for early bus services to residents in Canberra’s new, developing suburbs.
— $2.7m to start introducing hybrid and electric technology to Canberra’s bus fleet.
— $774,000 for diesel particulate filters in all ACTION buses for cleaner and healthier air.