Page 414 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 21 February 1990
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MR DUBY: I thank Mr Stefaniak for the question. I am very pleased to be able to report that the main arena of the Bruce Stadium is in A1 condition, ready for Sunday's match between Hawthorn and the Swans, which will be starting at 2.10 pm, so do not be late. It is a very pretty picture. The grassed area looks magnificent. Work in the stand, the sponsor boxes, the change rooms and support facilities will all be fully operational on Sunday; they are ready to go also for the coming Rugby League season, featuring, of course, the Canberra Raiders.
The athletics field, about which there was a lot of concern in relation to the Raiders' shift to Bruce Stadium, has continued to be operational during the building works. The ramp for the disabled from the field to the stand has been completed, and the stand and upgraded scoreboard will be completed prior to the games for the disabled, commencing there on 1 April this year. Extensions to the change facilities will not commence until after those games.
The Rekortan surface for the additional two lanes of track and throwing areas will not be constructed until spring when the temperatures are appropriate for laying it. In brief, the stadium is ready to operate for the coming Rugby League season.
Tuggeranong : Calwell Group Centre Site
MR JENSEN: My question is directed to the Minister for Finance and Urban Services. I refer him to recent publicity on the future of some large native and exotic trees on the site of the proposed Calwell group centre in Tuggeranong. What action is he or his department taking regarding this matter?
MR DUBY: The matter to which Mr Jensen refers is of concern to the Government. It involves an area which contains a number of trees, some native and some exotic species. In the planning approval for the construction on the site certain of the native trees, particularly ones which are believed to be aged, have been specifically set aside. I can give a firm undertaking to Mr Jensen that those trees will not be destroyed.
Child-care Facilities
MS FOLLETT: My question is addressed to the Chief Minister whom I refer to his policy on the family, in particular with respect to the availability of affordable and high quality child-care facilities within the ACT. What approaches have you made to your colleague Senator Margaret Reid on this matter, as I believe it is she who is primarily responsible for the delay in the construction of a child-care facility in the Parliamentary Triangle, which was budgeted for in the ACT budget?
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