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is that we continue to design anew to a large degree every new school we build, and why we do not simply use and retain a successful design and reproduce it again and again, rather than risk new design faults every time we want to build a school.
My understanding is that those costs are accurate, but I think it is inappropriate to canvass them too much in this place at this time. I have announced the establishment of an independent inquirer into these issues. I have absolutely no doubt that these issues will be fully canvassed before that person, and that would be the appropriate place to raise issues of the kind that Mr Moore has now raised.
Tuggeranong Swimming Pool
MRS GRASSBY: My question is to Mr Duby. I refer to the Minister's announcement that Decoin Pty Limited will proceed with the development of a swimming pool facility in Tuggeranong, and I ask the Minister: will the Minister give a time frame in which Decoin is to commit funds to its proposed swimming facility in Tuggeranong, and a deadline for the commencement of the construction of this facility?
MR DUBY: I thank Mrs Grassby for the question. In relation to the Decoin development at Tuggeranong, I am not in a position to give a deadline for the commencement of work on that facility, but I can advise that it is anticipated that there will be a swimming facility constructed and in use in Tuggeranong by Christmas time 1991.
Kings Highway - Upgrading
MRS NOLAN: Mr Speaker, my question is also to Mr Duby in his capacity as Minister for transport. Last year I was instrumental in persuading the New South Wales and ACT governments to put forward a joint submission to the Federal Minister for Land Transport, Bob Brown, in relation to the upgrading of the Kings Highway. That submission requested that the road be upgraded to national arterial status and included a detailed overview study of the road. What is the status of that submission; when did it go to the Federal Government; and will you continue to actively pursue the outcome?
MR DUBY: I thank Mrs Nolan for the question. Mrs Nolan is correct in stating that she was instrumental in establishing that a joint submission be prepared by the ACT and New South Wales governments to the Federal Government regarding the upgrading and improvement of the Kings Highway. As a result of many of her submissions, a submission was put up by the two governments. On 14 June
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