Sally Sitou (Reid, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I've got great news for the residents of Drummoyne. As I've been out doorknocking across the Drummoyne community, one issue has kept coming up, time and time again: the need for more ferry services. You're waiting at the wharf for your ferry, but it whizzes past because it's full. It's an all-too-frequent occurrence and a daily frustration for so many commuters. I wrote to the New South Wales Minister for Transport, Jo Haylen, and requested an increase in ferry services. Before Christmas, Minister Haylen listened and added seven more ferry services every weekday and an extra 26 services on the weekend.

Those temporary changes have now been made permanent. If you're a commuter or taking the family out on the weekend, your trip just got a little easier. What's more, eight of the trips that used to stop at Meadowbank and Barangaroo will go all the way to Sydney Olympic Park and Circular Quay. That means less waiting around and more time enjoying our beautiful city harbour. This all happened because the Drummoyne community spoke up. Thanks to those residents who raised this issue with me and thank you to the New South Wales Labor government for listening and providing additional public transport services.