Page 3619 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 16 October 1990
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MR DUBY: I am glad to say we have been able to finally find the money which, of course, you promised. As I said, these telephones have been put in place. Of course, this was done to meet the needs of people who have breakdowns, et cetera, along that parkway and who are then stuck with a quite lengthy hike to find assistance. They are located at about 1-kilometre intervals and paired to avoid a road crossing on the parkway.
The Australian Federal Police Operations Centre will be the first contact for the phone calls. The Chief Minister asked: "Who will you call?". Well, Chief Minister, you actually call the Australian Federal Police Operations Centre and your call will then be redirected as appropriate. I think that will make travel on those parkways, particularly in the evening and in isolated hours, much more convenient for many members of our community.
Proposed Fire Station
MRS GRASSBY: My question is also to Mr Duby. Does the Minister intend to proceed to build a major fire station on land adjacent to Civic pool? And can he explain why the Treasurer is not aware that the expenditure was included in his budget?
MR DUBY: Mr Speaker, this is a hoary old chestnut. The issue of a fire station to be provided in the Civic area, to cater for the needs of both Civic and the area south of the lake known as the Parliamentary Triangle and suburbs around that area, has been one that has been identified for some time. Evaluation of a number of sites has been taking place for quite a number of years.
The most recent stage of events has been the identification by the fire brigade of a site that would be suitable for a fire brigade headquarters. I do not know the block and section number, but I will refer to the location I have here - adjacent to the Civic pool either to the east, at the corner of Constitution Avenue, or to the south, between the Civic pool and Parkes Way. There are no proposals at this stage to go ahead and that site has still not been finalised. That might explain to the member opposite why there are no funds allocated for its construction in this financial year.
However, it is intended that, as the problems being addressed by the fire brigade, the ITPA and the NCPA are overcome, design work may well continue. A certain amount of funds - I believe some $3.5m - has been allocated in this financial year to do preliminary design work not only on that site but also on a number of other sites throughout the city - other ones which I cannot remember at this stage. However, the reason there are no funds in the budget is quite simple: it is not going to be built this year.
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