Tens of millions of dollars shall be invested into new security measures to curb violent assaults on Queensland bus drivers.
Transport minister Mark Bailey introduced funding for protecting boundaries for drivers on high-risk routes throughout the bus community, as a part of a $65 million five-year bundle.
There may even be a higher police presence on buses with anti-social behaviour.
Twenty-nine new senior community officers shall be rolled out throughout the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Logan.
Extra senior community officers shall be rolled out in different areas on a needs-basis.
Transport Employees Union's Jared Abbott stated he welcomed the funding.
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"We're very grateful we will be getting these safe cabins," Abbott stated.
"Particularly in Townsville, which is one other one in all our areas on prime of locations like Cairns, which have a number of bus assaults on our drivers.
"The safe full boundaries particularly, do an enormous quantity to stop the assaults - whether or not it is being spat on, punched, hair pulling - that is occurring to our bus drivers."
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