Unsworth Inquiry - Final Report

摘要

The NSW Government released the Final Report of the Unsworth Inquiry into the NSW bus system on 17 March. (Refer TA 1/04 re the Interim Report.) There is no major unexpected item in the final report. However some of the recommendations in the Interim Report have been deleted or toned down. The Government has issued a separate response to this report, also altering a few decisions. The Interim Report provided substantial background information on bus services across NSW, including a brief history of regulated bus services, an overview of current arrangements, an analysis of limitations of the existing system, and recommendations to make improvements. The Final Report does not attempt to retrace these efforts. Its focus is on amendments to the interim recommendations based on submissions received and on further work carried out since November 2003. (The Interim Report generated over 500 submissions, with 118 coming from organisations and groups.) The Final Report of the Parry Inquiry was released on 9 December 2003. Following the NSW Government's response to the Parry Inquiry Final Report, a number of issues raised in the Unsworth Interim Report have been further considered.