Transport Minister Stephan Knoll told FIVEAA Breakfast on Wednesday:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t sit on our hands here. The status quo isn\u2019t good enough. There are heaps of ways that we can make improvements and we\u2019re keen to do that\u2026 we\u2019re willing to keep our mind open and keep ideas on the table to achieve that.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight across the country we are the only state that still has a public tram network. Every single other tram network that\u2019s operated in the country\u2026 aren\u2019t run by the government\u2026 we\u2019ve seen examples where it\u2019s working all right, we\u2019ve seen examples where its not working all right. But I don\u2019t want to take ideas off the table\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to maintain control over what\u2019s going on. There is a very large social equity component to the public transport service and that has to be maintained. But at this stage to play a rule in, rule out game I think is a bit disingenuous when were\u2019 too early in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we came to government we found a public transport network that wasn\u2019t performing that well. We have the lowest levels of patronage in the country and they\u2019re declining\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cSo against that backdrop we\u2019ve been looking all over the world at what good public transport systems look like and how do they operate and how can we improve our public transport network\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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