Page 4212 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 23 October 2019
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MS CODY: Chief Minister, what is in the plan for Canberra’s south side?
MR BARR: I thank Ms Cody for the question. There will be a significant investment in infrastructure and a range of important renewal projects. Obviously, extending light rail south to Woden and further stages through Mawson and Tuggeranong is important. There will be a significant upgrade package for the Tuggeranong town centre, including the revitalisation of Anketell Street through the existing laneways and along to the lake. That includes a focus on public infrastructure along the lake shore as well as facilities—much-loved facilities—like the arts centre. There is a range of major road projects and intersection upgrades that include the Monaro Highway and duplication of Athllon Drive.
Within the education area, there will be major upgrades at Canberra College and Narrabundah College and a new early childhood education centre in the Molonglo Valley. In Woden in particular, there will upgrades to the bus interchange and a new bus depot. There will be the southern memorial park and crematorium, health infrastructure through the Weston Creek walk-in centre, and the new campus at Canberra Hospital. We will continue to invest in renewing infrastructure—parks, playgrounds and local shopping centres—across southern Canberra and, indeed, across northern Canberra.
I do note that much of the infrastructure in the inner south and Woden is now between 50 and 100 years of age, so it will clearly be the focus of infrastructure renewal. The Molonglo Valley, which is currently being developed, will be the focus of new infrastructure like the swimming pool facility that is being built at Stromlo Forest Park.
This is just a small snapshot of the range of projects there will be from street and suburban level through to large-scale infrastructure right across Canberra with a particular emphasis on renewal of infrastructure in existing suburban areas across the ACT. (Time expired)
Bimberi Youth Justice Centre—lockdowns
MS LEE: Madam Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Children, Youth and Families. We have been told by multiple sources that recent operational lockdowns at Bimberi have been interfering with a number of the centre’s activities. Over the past eight weeks has classroom-based learning at the centre been cancelled or curtailed as a result of lockdowns? If so, on how many days did this occur?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I will take the second part of Ms Lee’s question on notice. I have not had an opportunity to welcome Ms Lee back to the chamber yet, so let me do that now and thank her very much for the question.
I have already indicated that in the days immediately following the major incident school activities were curtailed and interrupted, so the obvious answer, if she had been listening to my previous responses, is yes, school activities were curtailed during this period. As I said, I will come back in relation to the number of days on which this might have occurred.
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