Throughout the course of the negotiations Brisbane City Council claimed their bus drivers earned up to $150,436 per year. However, this would only be achievable through extreme levels of overtime.

As the week draws to a close and Brisbane’s busway faces detours, the city’s new network and Metro line have received a passing grade from commuters and workers.

Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Courier-Mail Mr Murphy said Newman-era bus network changes, in 2013, had left “deep cultural scars’’ within Translink and council that persisted to this day.