Page 3230 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 21 August 2019

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The Assembly voted—

Ayes 11		Noes 8
Mr Barr	Mr Pettersson	Miss C Burch	Mr Parton
Ms Cody	Mr Ramsay	Mr Coe	Mr Wall
Mr Gentleman	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Mr Gupta	Mr Steel	Mrs Jones
Ms Le Couteur	Ms Stephen-Smith	Mrs Kikkert
Ms Orr		Mr Milligan

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.

Gungahlin—multicultural event venue

MR GUPTA (Yerrabi) (11.06): I move the motion standing in my name and that of Ms Orr:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes:

(a) that the Gungahlin region is the most culturally and linguistically diverse region in Canberra with 33.2 percent of people born overseas and 33.3 percent of people speaking a language other than English at home;

(b) the important contribution that culturally and linguistically diverse organisations make in building and fostering inclusive communities across the ACT;

(c) that, with a rapidly growing population in Gungahlin, the ACT Government will need to continue investing in social infrastructure to ensure the community has access to essential facilities;

(d) that, whilst existing community and private facilities in Gungahlin and across the city provide a range of spaces and services for multicultural groups to engage in performance and events, these venues have limited capacity to facilitate larger events of more than 350 people;

(e) that the Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre can host a maximum of 300 people in its function room and is in consistently high demand, especially at peak times, with events on most days and an average of six large events per month;

(f) the ACT Government’s commitment under the ACT Multicultural Framework 2015-2020 to ensuring Canberra is an inclusive and cohesive society that celebrates and promotes cultural diversity;

(g) that, in March 2019, the ACT joined the Welcoming Cities network to demonstrate this commitment to inclusiveness; and

(h) the ACT Government is currently undertaking a review of EPIC to inform its future requirements as a venue; and

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