Page 1911 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 16 June 1993
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Swimming Pool Charges
MR CORNWELL: Madam Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister for Sport. I think it is rather ironic that I should be asking this today because last week I received an advertisement or a brochure about the Canberra Olympic pool and gymnasium. Minister, there have been some representations from the Burley Griffin Swim Club and the Canberra Amateur Swim Club, among others, on the basis that hitherto they have both received the first two swimming lanes free of charge. They now understand that all lanes are to be charged for at the rate of $6 per half-hour, irrespective of when the lanes are used - some of them are used early in the morning and after school - which could lead in one case to an increase of $600 per week in total, or an average of $11 to $12 per swimmer, including children, per week. Could you confirm or deny that this is the case?
MR BERRY: I can tell you - through you, Madam Speaker - that fees and charges for the use of facilities at the Tuggeranong Pool and Recreation Centre are in line with the fees currently charged at Erindale pool and the Olympic pool for like facilities. Lane hire charges for the exclusive use of facilities have been waived specifically for the Tuggeranong Vikings Swim Club, as an interim measure, due to an anomaly in lane hire charges between pools. Anomalies in charges between various government operated pools are being addressed in the review of fees and charges, and the new charges for 1993-94 will be consistent across all pools. In relation to those specific details, I will seek further advice.
MR CORNWELL: I have a supplementary question. I am particularly interested in the Canberra Olympic pool, Minister.
Canberra Clinical School
MRS GRASSBY: My question is directed to the Deputy Chief Minister in his capacity as Minister for Health. Could the Minister inform the Assembly when the associate dean of the Canberra Clinical School will be appointed?
MR BERRY: Madam Speaker, the position of professor and associate dean of the Canberra Clinical School is an appointment of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. The position was advertised in the Canberra Times on Saturday, 12 June 1993. It will also be advertised nationally in the Australian and internationally in the Lancet and the Times higher education supplement. It is expected that any interviews for the position will take place around November this year, with an appointment as soon as possible after that time.
Madam Speaker, this is an important stage in the development of the Clinical School in the ACT, which was an initiative of the Follett Labor Government. This initiative was taken by the Follett Labor Government in recognition of the need to take our health system into the next century and beyond. It is a great move in the interests of the health system in the ACT.
Mr Humphries: You canned the idea when you first heard about it.
Mrs Carnell: You hated it.
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