Greyhound Australia will tomorrow discuss the future of its Western Australian operations after saying the state's transport minister knocked back a request for help.
The national coach company said it will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow morning to examine the future of it WA's operations from Perth to Broome.
The meeting comes after the company failed to receive a response from Transport Minister Simon O'Brien about salvaging "vital" transportation services for WA.
In the letter to the minister delievered in March this year, Greyhound outlined that it will need to further reduce its Perth to Broome service to four times a week after experiencing a 14 per cent decline over the past 12 months.
The letter follows a meeting with the state government two years ago, when the company had asked help, however none was received. As a result, the Perth to Broome service was reduced to five days a week.
"We haven't received any formal correspondence from the Minister," Greyhound chief executive Robert Thomas said.
"This is no way for a State Government to do business with a major Australian company.
"I also find it alarming and indeed highly offensive that the Minister under the cover of parliament would claim Greyhound was attempting to hold a gun to its head.
"It is sad it has come to this but Greyhound Australia's excellent reputation cannot be jeopardised by false accusations. I just hope the Minister offers a formal apology or the Premier intervenes before this situation gets further out of hand."
WA Business News understands that Mr Thomas had written an email to the transport minister last week, saying that if Mr O'Brien failed to respond it would suspend its WA operations from today.
A spokesperson for Greyhound told WA Business News this afternoon that management were currently meeting to discuss the fate of its WA operations.
An outcome was expected tomorrow, he said.
