Page 1190 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 11 May 1993
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MR BERRY: You say that we have not consulted enough if we do not agree with you. I say, and the Government says, that we have consulted fully. There has been plenty of time for people to express a view about where the hospice ought to go. Our view is that it ought to go on the Acton site. We reckon that we have overwhelming support from the community for the placement of that hospice on the Acton site. It is a great site for a great facility from a great government.
Joint Venture Housing Development - Braddon
MR CORNWELL: My question is for Mr Wood, Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning. I refer to the mixed private-Housing Trust development at section 22, blocks 6 to 9, Torrens Street in Braddon and I ask: Is Commonwealth funding through the better cities program being used for this joint development, and, if so, how much?
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, no, there is no Commonwealth money going into there. That is the simple answer. It may be said from time to time and reported from time to time that that is the case, but there is no Commonwealth money going into there. There is sometimes a claim that, because there is augmentation going on to the North Canberra sewerage main, somehow there is a benefit, but there is no direct link in any sewerage work into anything that the Commonwealth Government will put money into.
Sport and Recreation
MRS GRASSBY: My question is directed to the Deputy Chief Minister in his capacity as Minister for Sport. Can the Minister advise the Assembly of any moves to consult the community on developing sport in Canberra?
MR BERRY: Madam Speaker, this flows again from an election commitment to the people of Canberra. We promised that we would set up a sport and recreation council and we subsequently did so - another promise delivered. Madam Speaker, the forum "Future directions for sport and recreation in the ACT" will be held on Saturday, 22 May, at the Australian Institute of Sport at Bruce. The aim of the forum is to identify the needs and to develop objectives and strategies to meet the needs of sports bodies in the ACT. These results will be used in the development of a strategic plan to the year 2000 for sport and recreation in the ACT. This is a very important decision because there have always been complaints - pre-Labor, that is - that there has not been sufficient consultation about the future of sport in the ACT. I think this forum will go a long way to satisfying those complaints.
In particular, we are concerned about equity and access for all Canberrans in sport and recreation. Last Friday night I was looking at some figures which showed that 57 per cent of young boys in schools had participated in representative sport or for their schools but the rate was only about 34 per cent for young women. So there is an issue of access that has to be addressed.
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