Luke Howarth (Petrie, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to congratulate a hardworking local from my electorate of Petrie, Mr Rod Angove, who retired yesterday after 34 years of service with one company. Mr Angove was a bus driver for our local Hornibrook Bus Lines, a dedicated employee and a familiar face to his regular commuters. He will be sorely missed. Rod's wife and colleagues joined him yesterday for a celebration of his service—not just to Hornibrook Bus Lines and the community in Petrie but to the entire Queensland transport industry. Rod started out as a mechanic before beginning his 34-year career as a bus driver. He recalled great memories of meeting people daily on his regular routes and revealed that school children who catch buses are not all that bad.

Hornibrook Bus Lines is a fantastic community of administrators, bus drivers and mechanics, but it is also a community of local families. The company has just purchased around 60 new buses to be able to better deliver services to locals. And the good news keeps coming. The Queensland government has announced public transport fares are set to drop for the first time ever in the state by five per cent in November, due to the savings from the abolition of the carbon tax. Well done, Rod Angove, and well done, Hornibrook Bus Lines. (Time expired)