Page 1529 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 27 September 1989
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it was scheduled earlier but there have been some setbacks. Secondly, once the decision has been made, will all people with asbestos in their homes be informed of the likely time that their homes will be gotten around to in the schedule?
MRS GRASSBY: As the tenders have just closed, we are looking at the tenders now, and we hope to be organising that very quickly. As for knowing exactly when each house will be able to be done, I am afraid we cannot say that because there are, I think, 1,010 homes needing to have it removed in Canberra. We will not be able to tell people exactly when it will be.
MR STEVENSON: Which part of the year? Can you give that sort of indication?
MRS GRASSBY: I would not like to state that we could honestly put a day on it. It would be wrong to do it because people would expect that and then, if it could not be carried out, it would be very upsetting for them.
Government Car Maintenance
DR KINLOCH: My question is to the Minister for Housing and Urban Services. At the moment the maintenance of ACT government cars is undertaken by ACTION, as I understand it. I also understand that ACTION itself might well be happy to be relieved of that responsibility. There are problems related to it. Would the Minister look into the possibility of car maintenance programs being undertaken by private contract arranged by public tender?
MRS GRASSBY: I am afraid our Government does not believe in privatisation. I do not know where you got that idea, because I understand ACTION wishes more cars to be done. At the moment I am trying to talk another Minister into bringing his cars back to ACTION so he can have them done as well as we do them in ACTION. I understand that people who have their cars repaired by ACTION are very happy because ACTION does a wonderful job. I do not know where you got the information that ACTION wanted to close down its works. I understand ACTION is very happy there and would like to be doing more cars.
Swimming Pool
MR JENSEN: I have another question for the Minister for Housing and Urban Services. I am sure the Minister is aware that the Tuggeranong Valley currently has a population of some 60,000 people and it is expected to increase to 70,000 to 80,000 people in the not too distant future, yet it is served by one 25 metre swimming pool only, which is clearly an unsatisfactory situation for the number of residents in that particular valley when compared
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