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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2005 Week 12 Hansard (Thursday, 20 October 2005) . . Page.. 4009 ..

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Playground

Reason

Weston Park – Prescott Lane (bridge & tree house structure)

• Structural deterioration of timber.

• High risk fall height from top rail of bridge structure of 4.8 metres.

• Horizontal railings.

• No soft-fall beneath structure.

Gowrie - Kibby Place

• High risk fall height from main structure.

• No soft-fall under and surrounding the tyre climb and some of the vertical logs.

Florey - Lumholtz Place

• High risk fall height from main structure.

• High risk head entrapment points present.

Emu Ridge - Flood Place

• High risk fall height from main structure.

• High risk head entrapment points present.

• Decisions on the replacement of any or all of these playgrounds will be determined with reference to the Playground Strategy currently being developed by Urban Services.

• If any or all of the playgrounds are to be replaced the funding will be sourced from future Playground Safety Program budgets.

• Any play equipment to be replaced will need to comply with the current Australian and ACT standards.

• If a playground is not to be replaced the land will be returned to neighbourhood parkland.

Prisons and prisoners—capital expenditure(Question No 528)

Mr Stefaniak asked the Attorney-General, upon notice, on 24 August 2005:

• What has been delivered for the $1.027 million capital expenditure on the ‘Correctional Facility’ as funded in the 2004-05 capital works budget;

• What was the total amount of expenditure on this project as at the end of the 2004-05 financial year;

• What is the anticipated expenditure on this project in the current financial year;

• Have any funds been spent on this project to date this financial year; if so, how much; if not, why not.

Mr Stanhope: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

• It is unclear how the Member arrived at a figure of $1.027 million capital expenditure on the Correctional Facility in the 2004-05 financial year. Funding provided in the 2004-05 capital budget for the Correctional Facility was $110.2 million as published in the 2004-05 Budget Paper. The actual expenditure was $2.792 million for which the following deliverables were obtained:

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