On the beaches, buses are our only form of public transport. We plan our lives around these services, so we need them to be reliable.

Excellent public transport also helps reduce traffic congestion, benefiting everyone. But service reliability has suffered since the previous Coalition government privatised our buses and services were at crisis point when I came into office.

I have listened to the experiences of commuters and work closely with private bus operators, Transport for NSW and the Minister for Transport to make sure services are consistent, frequent and comfortable.  

After a recent campaign and consistent lobbying from my office, the NSW Government committed to purchase 60 new buses for the Northern Beaches and funding was allocated in the 2025/26 budget. The new vehicles are due to arrive at the end of 2025. Repaired 'bendy' buses are also returning to service over 2025.

In the meantime, I am pushing for services to the Northern Beaches to be prioritised.

I am working to:

• Get operators to maintain and improve timetables.
• Increase Keoride buses on the road to reduce over-crowding and wait times.
• Hold Northern Beaches private bus operators to account, making sure they put the needs of the community first.
• Ensure a driver recruitment and staff retention is addressed.
• Support essential worker housing solutions on the broader Northern Beaches to help fix the bus driver shortage, which is one of the root causes of reliability issues and late notice service cancellations.