15 Dec 2022

Concerns school bus drivers switching to better paid public transport

From Morning Report, 8:18 am on 15 December 2022

School bus drivers are warning some routes won't be serviced when classes resume next year. The drivers some of their colleagues are thinking about quitting for better paid public transport jobs. School buses are not covered by the Government's $61 million boost that lifts hourly rates for public transport drivers to at least $28 dollars in the regions and $30 dollars in the main centres. Here's education correspondent John Gerritsen.