00:02As the cost to fill up rises, so does the incentive to use public transport.
00:07So I've parked my car at Gungahlin and caught the public transport in just because I can't afford to drive
00:14in, can't afford to park in.
00:15The Canberra Liberals wanted to make catching a bus or light rail even more appealing, proposing to slash fares to
00:2250 cents during the current fuel crisis.
00:2450 cents, yeah. About 50 cent fares would make it a lot easier to get to and from work.
00:30Some of the solutions are expensive, but I don't recall when we were in the middle of the COVID crisis,
00:35I don't recall people asking questions about how are you going to pay for these emergency measures that are required
00:41right now.
00:42The Greens wanted to go even further, making public transport free with the federal government footing the bill.
00:48If we were to offer up free public transport, I think the community would embrace it. There's a need for
00:53it.
00:53The territory government takes a different view.
00:56Our focus is on improving public transport services.
01:00What the government's focused on is improving the frequency of public transport services.
01:05Well, the ACT government's focus is on proving services.
01:09In the end, the Assembly voted largely for the status quo in the short term.
01:14No free public transport and no 50 cent fares.
01:17Instead, MLA's voted to lobby the Prime Minister to get the Commonwealth to cover the cost of reducing fares.
01:24While the territory government will now also consider free public transport for concession card holders.
01:30As the fuel crisis continues, a growing number of Canberrans are opting to work from home.
01:35We're calling on the Public Sector Commissioner to make sure that agencies are facilitating a common sense approach to approving
01:44working from home applications.
01:46But more people working from home means a drop in the number of people coming into the city and spending
01:51money there.
01:52If this situation prolongs itself and becomes a long term working from home position, then that is going to have
01:59real impacts on businesses.
02:00A crisis showing no sign of easing.
02:03That is a reason for the problem, because many companies are small because it seems to work with the same
02:03people who have been involved in the state of the city,
02:04That is the status quo at the state of設al,
02:04of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of its省.
02:04Interested by more people who are responsible for with the state of the state of the state of the state
02:04of the state of the state of the state,
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