Page 95 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 14 February 1990
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Mr Kaine: I want to see the information that you claim you have got.
MR WHALAN: He does not deny that it was deleted. Let him come out and deny that it was deleted from the list. Let him come out and tell us the truth.
Mr Kaine: I do not know what list you are talking about.
MR WHALAN: Let him tell us the truth about the removal of the Tuggeranong Pool from the public works program as it relates to the Parks and Conservation Service.
Mr Kaine: I would like to see your list. Table it.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Kaine: He cannot table it and he will not; he does not dare.
MR WHALAN: Mr Speaker, I would like it recorded in Hansard that Mrs Nolan has been shamed into attending the chamber in order to avoid the ignominy of being absent whilst something about Tuggeranong was being noticed.
Mr Kaine: You are cheap, Paul, you are cheap.
MR WHALAN: It is interesting to note that she has finally crept into the chamber hoping to be unnoticed.
Mrs Nolan: I have been here for 20 minutes.
MR WHALAN: The location of the complex must be adjacent to the bus interchange. This is absolutely fundamental to this proposal because the people who will most benefit from a facility of this sort are substantially school children - whether in school groups or outside school hours - so it must be located in a location very close to the bus interchange. I think we should have a commitment from the Assembly in relation to that. Of course, the discussions with all the elements, the groups, organisations, schools and clubs that will use these facilities for both recreation and competition have indicated a range of facilities which are required and are justified in a town centre in a valley the size of Tuggeranong. They are set out in paragraph (3).
Finally, Mr Speaker, it is quite clear that if we are going to make the best use of our facilities, such as swimming facilities, given the relatively short summer that we do have and given that the margins both in the spring and the autumn are particularly inclement, then they should be enclosed.
MR COLLAERY (Deputy Chief Minister) (11.13): Mr Speaker, I move:
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