00:00Canberra's peak hour commuters learning too late the buses weren't running.
00:07When did you find out there'd be no bus services?
00:09When I was sitting waiting for the bus, yeah.
00:12I just found out now.
00:14Bus drivers walking off the job this morning fed up with violent passengers
00:18with at least 40 incidents reported a month.
00:21We have drivers having Coke cans thrown at them, we have full Coke cans,
00:25we have drivers getting punched, we have drivers getting spat on.
00:28Yesterday we had a driver have a bag of fish heads tipped on them.
00:32Mr Pincus says the Wildcats' strike aims to prompt government action
00:36on measures like transit police, better safety screens and de-escalation training.
00:41All these things have been talked about and promised,
00:44they're just not happening and drivers have had enough.
00:47The government says it only learned of the strike at around five this morning
00:51and informed the community as best it could.
00:54We're using Access Canberra staff this morning,
00:57driving around and putting on signage at the stops.
01:00That approach leaving room for improvement.
01:03Does somebody want to go and tell those two people that we're going to go there?
01:06I'm sure someone can go there and talk to them.
01:10The Transport Minister says his meeting with union representatives in July
01:15led to an election commitment for a new on-board team
01:18to visibly deter anti-social behaviour.
01:21I've been in government for just a week.
01:24I've already been discussing with Transport Canberra about implementing.
01:29While a legislative review will consider what, if any,
01:32extra powers could help those new workers combat on-board violence.
01:36And bigger driver protection screens have been ordered.
01:40Earlier this afternoon, transport officials applied to the Fair Work Commission
01:44for an injunction.
01:45Services are expected to return to normal tomorrow.
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