Page 114 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 14 February 1990
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MRS GRASSBY: No, we would have done it next year. Do not worry, it would have been done. It would have been started this year. It is important that the complex be provided for the people of Tuggeranong because 80,000 people live out in Tuggeranong now and they have this right. For people who do not have cars, it is important that it be close to the bus interchange. It is also important because it keeps people off the road and gives much use to our buses. It is important that the complex be up to Olympic standards with a diving pool, spectators' accommodation and recreational pools, and it is important that it be a public pool, not in the hands of private enterprise. Most importantly, the pool should be fully enclosed to ensure full-time operation throughout the year.
Mr Kaine: Tell Mr Decoin that.
MRS GRASSBY: Mr Kaine, you had the chance to glimpse into heaven, but you still want to keep making mudpies in hell, do you not?
Mr Kaine: No, not at all.
MRS GRASSBY: As the members of the Assembly would be aware, the Civic pool is not covered, therefore it is not used enough all through the year. It was also in the Labor Party's policy to do something about the Civic pool and to make it usable all year round. It is unreasonable for the Government to continue to wait until a magical developer comes riding in to its rescue. The Government has to stop playing fairy tales and put Tuggeranong swimming pool complex back on to the capital works program for the 1990-91 budget where it was before it was taken off.
Mr Collaery: She does not listen. It was never on it.
MRS GRASSBY: It was on the capital works program.
Mr Collaery: Show us where it is.
Mr Kaine: You are a slow learner, Ellnor.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Kaine: Show us where it is. There is your works program: point it out.
MRS GRASSBY: You took it off. We want to know why you took it off the program; why is it not on the program? You keep telling us that it is so. When are you going to give us a commitment that it is going to be built? That is what we are asking.
Mr Kaine: We will give you the same commitment that you gave us. How about that? Is that a deal?
MRS GRASSBY: No, that is what we are asking you. You have taken it off the program.
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