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

I will respond in my capacity as the Minister responsible for Bushfire Recovery, and as the Minister responsible for work undertaken by the Shaping Our Territory Implementation Group in the Chief Minister’s Department.

I refer the Member to the study Shaping Our Territory – Final Report: Opportunities for Non-Urban ACT and to the publication Shaping Our Territory – Business Case and Master Plan – Tidbinbilla study which discusses the issue of research and science at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.

An investigation of the research and scientific potential at the Reserve will be considered following analysis of the types of activities that may be appropriate for the Reserve, and the infrastructure necessary to facilitate them.

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
(Question No 111)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Environment, upon notice, on 15 February 2005:

(1) When will the adventure and discovery playground be completed at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve;

(2) What was the original scheduled date for completion of this project;

(3) If the original scheduled date for completion was not met, what caused the delay;

(4) How much will it cost of to build the adventure and discovery playground and how will it be funded;

(5) When will the elevated walkway at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve allowing visitors to view the brush-tail wallabies be completed;

(6) What was the original scheduled date for completion of this project;

(7) If the original scheduled date for completion was not met, what caused the delay;

(8) How much will it cost to build the elevated walkway and how will it be funded;

(9) When will the redesign of the wetlands area at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve be completed;

(10) What was the original scheduled date for completion of this project;

(11) If the original scheduled date for completion was not met, what caused the delay;

(12) How much will it cost to redesign the wetlands and how will it be funded.

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

(1) The Nature Discovery Playground is scheduled to be completed by September 2005.

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