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"A more flexible solution will also assist if the [Alexander Maconochie Centre] wishes to introduce new or changed visiting hours to the facility, as the changes to a more tailored service can be made far more easily than one that is integrated into the general transport network," Mr Fischer-Reid said.
The Canberra Liberals' transport spokeswoman Candice Burch said the idea of an on-demand bus service for the jail was good.
But the consultation had been a sham.
Canberrans don’t believe that the government is truly interested in listening.
"The Canberra Liberals have heard from hundreds of constituents, as well as countless schools, residents associations, and community groups who are concerned about the changes," Ms Burch said.
"Canberrans don’t believe that the government is truly interested in listening. The online consultation portal says, 'We want to hear about how we can support Canberrans to use the New Bus Network'. Language like this has led many to believe that this consultation is disingenuous, and that these changes are largely set...
So how much wiggle room is there in the new network?
"There is always room for a level of change, however, the amount of change needs to be considered as part of the balance of the complete seven-day network and consider the principles of the design," Mr Fischer-Reid said.
Transport Canberra has received about 8000 pieces of feedback so far, and the challenge for planners is how to fold this into the network with the fleet and budget they have.
"Whilst making a minor change to a single route, or adding a single trip in may seem minor, it can actually play a major part in how the network comes together," Mr Fischer-Reid said.
change proceeds or if the savings can be found elsewhere."
The bus network is expected to cost about $163 million to run in 2018-19, although with the Woden bus depot and extra buses coming online, that will increase to $186 million in 2020-22.
There's also an operating budget of $50.4 million this fiscal year for light rail, which will increase to $63.5 million in 2021-22.
But there are still question marks hanging over the new network, particularly how the unresolved enterprise bargaining agreements will affect the extended hours and frequency.
Currently, drivers volunteer to work weekends as overtime and some also get overtime rates for working before or after 7pm.
Previous attempts to introduce a seven-day network or bump up frequency have come to nought because of opposition from drivers and their union.
Transport Workers Union ACT sub-branch secretary Klaus Pinkas said drivers were still negotiating a new enterprise agreement for bus drivers, talks that began more than 18 months ago.
But there was nothing in the current agreement that prevented ACTION running more services on a weekend, he said.
"There never has been. It is a decision that ACTION takes," Mr Pinkas said.
Mr Pinkas said drivers were more concerned about the timetables than the routes.
"The timetables are yet to be determined and they will be developed in conjunction the shifts. The shifts are the things that we pay attention to as they determine the hours that the drivers work and the breaks that they get," Mr Pinkas said.
Mr Fischer-Reid said service planners were working closely with the union to review and provide timings for the proposed routes.
Mr Stanhope, whose government clashed with the Transport Workers Union over weekend buses in 2011, said the industrial arrangement was "the elephant in the room".
"While that continues, reform of ACTION is unsustainable," Mr Stanhope said.
For Mr Downie, the elephant is the light rail.
A strong opponent of the project, he says the new network is designed to push more people onto light rail rather than addressing deep-seated problems in the bus system.
However Mr Downie concedes the more direct, rapid routes are sorely needed.
"Alan Fitzgerald wrote in the '60s that the definition of the longest distance between two points is an ACTION bus route, so this is long overdue," Mr Downie said.
"The real test of the service will be whether people can make reasonable connections. If they can't, they will tell ACTION to stick it up their jumper, maybe in less polite terms."
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In one form or another, music criticism has been around since the 18th century. But while rock ‘n’ roll certainly existed well before the arrival of the Beatles and the British Invasion of the early 1960s, it didn’t fully gain journalistic legitimacy until then, with New York-based Robert Christgau of the Village Voice...
And then there was Lester Bangs, the wildly passionate (and wildly self-destructive) music journalist and critic who spent most of his very brief life (he died in 1982 at the age of 33) covering the music scene for two magazines — Rolling Stone and Detroit-based Creem — and chronicling the rise of the punk rock movemen...
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Raised in California by a mother who was a devout Jehovah’s Witness (his father, a truck driver, died in a fire when Lester was a child), Bangs was a self-described isolated mama’s boy who early on discovered the writing of the Beat generation (Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac), penned his own stories (b...
From the start Bangs possessed a fierce love it-or-hate it mentality about the music he listened to, forever seeking a song’s power to create some sort of spiritual (and sexual) transformation in him — something Jensen brings to life with his inflamed riffs on the Van Morrison album “Astral Weeks” and the song “Give It...
Bangs’ own life, not surprisingly, was a hot mess. The play unfolds in his trash-filled apartment (cheers for Richard Hoover’s set, Lap Chi Chu’s lighting and David Robbins’ sound design), where his Smith-Corona typewriter sits half-buried on a desk, and stacks of records are strewn amid empty beer cans and food contai...
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The season finales of “The Big Bang Theory” and “2 Broke Girls” on CBS and “Scandal” on ABC all posted improved ratings compared to last week. “Big Bang” (3.3 in adults 18-49) and “Scandal” (1.8) were each up three tenths of a point week to week, and “2 Broke Girls” (1.7) improved by a tenth.
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Tejaswini Sagar was aided by the result on the top board as overnight leader Irina Barbayeva of Russia lost to Alisa Kozybayeva of Kazakhstan in the final clash.
Representational Photo: A chess board.
Talented Indian youngster Tejaswini Sagar won her maiden world title bagging the gold in the under-15 category of World School Chess Championship that concluded here on Thursday.
Needing a last round win and one favourable result, the Aurangabad-girl defeated Kavinya Miyuni Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka in the ninth and final round.
Tejaswini was aided by the result on the top board as overnight leader Irina Barbayeva of Russia lost to Alisa Kozybayeva of Kazakhstan in the final clash.
For the record, Tejaswini scored seven points out of a possible nine, winning six, drawing two and losing one game.
Her defeat came earlier in the championship against compatriot Isha Sharma when the champion fell under an opening trap but in other games, Tejaswini was above par.
Barbayeva had to be content with the silver medal while top seed Nur Abidah Shanti of Indonesia wont he bronze medal in this section.
Up against a Sicilian Dragon in the last round against Rajapaksa, Tejaswini initiated an early attack in one of the main lines and found the preparation of her opponent rather fragile. The result was a win for the Indian in under two hours when she trapped her opponent's queen.
Winner of the National School Games championship a few months back, Tejaswini said she was quite happy with her achievement.
"I was waiting for this event for many months now and I am happy it worked out quite fine for me in the end," she said after winning the gold medal.
Speaking about her performance, Tejaswini was quite candid.
"I think I made it very difficult for myself after losing to Isha but luckily I did not give up hope, in the end the last round result on top board was in my favour and even if that had ended in a draw," she observed.
Among other Indians in the fray, Anand Nadar bagged the silver medal in under-15 open category while Saloni Sapole also won the silver in under-17 girls' section.
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How did you become involved?
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Has the climate of discussion changed over 15 years?
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