Page 1466 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 17 April 1991
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I am pleased to announce that the successful applicants are: The Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Clinic; SHOUT, or the Self Help Organisations United Together; Galilee; the Australian Early Childhood Association; Sharing Places; Fusion; the Richmond Fellowship; the Australian Intellectual Disabilities Research Foundation; the Board of Health Psychiatric Rehabilitation Unit; Woden Family Day Care; and the Theatre and Dance Consortium.
The committee has recommended that the hall and three meeting rooms of varying sizes be reserved for casual hire. The recommendations of the Community Space Committee have taken into account all of the expressions of interest, and space was allocated in the order of priority determined by that committee. The successful applicants represent, I believe, a wide variety of community support organisations, and the Government is pleased that the space it has made available in this former school property is to be put to such worthwhile community use.
Mr Jensen, some renovations are going to be required to ensure that the building is clean and in good health, and I am happy to say that those renovations are currently being undertaken. It is expected that the recommended applicants will be able to occupy their accommodation some time in May. As I said, the tenants will form a board of management which will manage the property under a head lease from the ACT Government.
All in all, I think we have come to a good end to this story. Undoubtedly there was a demonstrated need for space by various community organisations and that need has been met by the Government. I am sure that the vibes in the community generally will be good ones. They will be satisfied that the Government is addressing the needs of the community organisations and, of course, putting to worthwhile use what was, frankly, a vacant, vandalised space which had been there for some time.
Vacant School Sites
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, my question is to Mr Kaine as the Minister responsible for planning. Yesterday in the Assembly you said that you had directed the start of the planning process for the disposal of vacant school sites. How do you then explain the statement by an assistant secretary of the Territory Planning Authority on the Julie Derrett program on ABC radio on Monday that "motivation has come from the Authority"? He also said: "I have had no pressure to do it".
MR KAINE: A Minister giving a direction and a Minister applying pressure are two quite different things. Public servants respond to directions from their Ministers, but that does not imply that we are putting any pressure on them. It simply means that they are doing what they are
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