FOI requests expose 'omission'

Parramatta City Council says Sydney Ferries Corporation confirms no data exists to justify the cancellation of the Parramatta RiverCat service, following three Freedom of Information requests to the corporation. The Bret Walker report, while recommending the service be scrapped, admitted there was ‘limited data’ on costs, patronage or service reliability. “All three FOI requests now expose just how limited that data is. It defies belief that the State Government may be now taking such advice even when there is no reliable data and no comparison with other Sydney Ferries services,” said Lord Mayor Paul Barber. Council would hand a submission to the NSW Transport Minister John Watkins which highlights, in the strongest way, this extraordinary omission,” he said.