I give notice that on the next sitting day I will move that this House notes:


That Opal data for the September quarter shows the Newcastle bus network is attracting significantly fewer seniors, students and pensioners than it did last year, before the overhaul of timetables and routes by the private operator;
Evidently, this newly privitised network is not adequately providing for the non-full-fare paying commuters who are most reliant on it;
. Condemns the Liberal National Government for privatising this essential service, leaving the most vulnerable people in our community without sufficient transport options.