Self-referred: 7 Mar 2012
    » Call for submissions: 7 Mar 2012
    » Submissions close: 18 May 2012

No records of reports or government responses are available for this inquiry.

Date	Name of Document
15/10/2012	Public Hearing
26/10/2012	Public Hearing

View the public submission(s) published by the committee in relation to this inquiry.

The closing date for submissions was 18 May 2012

Date	Type of Document
15/10/2012	Document tendered by Transport for NSW at the public hearing on 15 October 2012
26/10/2012	Document tendered by Blue Mountains, Lithgow and Oberon Tourism, entitled 'Background of Blue Mountains Lithgow and Oberon Tourism', at the public hearing on 26 October 2012
26/10/2012	Document tendered by National Seniors Australia at the public hearing on 26 October 2012
26/10/2012	Document tendered by NSW Consumer Advisory Group - Mental Health Inc., entitled 'Border to Border: Visions of Hope', at the public hearing on 26 October 2012
26/10/2012	Document tendered by Central Coast Regional Organisation of Councils, entitled 'Travel to Sydney - Year ended June 2012 (Destination NSW)', at the public hearing on 26 October 2012
15/11/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice: BusNSW
15/11/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice: Transport for NSW
15/11/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice: Central Coast Regional Organisation of Councils
29/11/2012	Response to additional questions from public hearing on 26 October 2012: Blue Mountains Lithgow and Oberon tourism
29/11/2012	Response to additional questions from public hearing on 15 October 2012: CountryLink
29/11/2012	Response to additional questions from public hearing on 26 October 2012: Destination NSW
30/11/2012	Response to additional questions from public hearing on 15 October 2012: Bus NSW
30/11/2012	Response to additional questions from public hearing on 15 October 2012: Planning Institute of Australia
10/12/2012	Response to additional questions from public hearing on 26 October 2012: Central Coast Regional Organisation of Councils
17/12/2012	Response to additional questions from public hearing on 15 October 2012: Transport for NSW
07/01/2013	Response to additional questions from public hearing on 26 October 2012: Physical Disability Council of NSW
10/01/2013	Response to additional questions from public hearing on 26 October 2012: Central NSW Regional Organisation of Councils
06/02/2013	Document tendered by Millthorpe Village Committee at Bathurst site visit on 6 February 2013
06/02/2013	Document tendered by Mudgee Rail Group at Bathurst site visit on 6 February 2013
07/02/2013	Document tendered by Liverpool Plains Shire Council at Tamworth site visit on 7 February 2013
07/02/2013	Document tendered by Kyogle Council at Tamworth site visit on 7 February 2013
07/02/2013	Document tendered by Gunnedah Shire Council at Tamworth site visit on 7 February 2013
07/02/2013	Document tendered by Kyogle Council at Tamworth site visit on 7 February 2013 (2)

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• Director: Rachel Simpson, phone 02 9230 2031, stateregional@parliament.nsw.gov.au
• Address for written correspondence:

  The Committee Manager
  State and Regional Development Committee
  Parliament House
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  Sydney NSW 2000
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This inquiry was self-referred. Resolution passed 7 March 2012, Minutes No 6, Item 2

That the Committee inquire into how inter-regional public transport can better serve the needs of regional New South Wales.

Particular issues for consideration include:

(a) how CountryLink services can be improved;
(b) how network linkages between CountryLink train and coach services can be improved;
(c) the potential for CountryLink services to carry light freight;
(d) how CountryLink can be better utilised to increase tourism in New South Wales;
(e) how the amount of inter-regional travel undertaken by public transport can be increased;
(f) the extent to which regional public transport networks are integrated and how they can be better integrated;
(g) the role local councils can play in improving inter-regional public transportation networks; and
(h) the type of buses and trains that will be required for the provision of regional passenger services in the future.

For the purposes of this inquiry, the Committee uses the term inter-regional travel to refer to travel between regional areas or between a regional area and a metropolitan area.

The Committee does not intend to consider the privatisation of existing government owned public transport, including CountryLink, as part of its inquiry.