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MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND PLANNING

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1221

Macquarie Swimming Pool

Mr Cornwell asked the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning - In relation to the Macquarie Pool

(1) Who owns the lease.

(2) What are the terms of the lease.

(3) Who runs the facility.

(4) Are there any plans to vary either the ownership of the lease or the

management.

(5) Have there been any complaints or problems with the facility which would

result in a recent inspection by a consultant from the Ministers Department

and a Government MLA.

(6) If there have not been any complaints or problems, why did such an inspection

take place.

Mr Wood - the answers to the Members questions are as follows;

(1) Mr & Mrs Ron and Beryl Watkins.

(2) The lease was granted under the provisions of the City Area Leases Act on

23 March 1988. The lease commenced on that date and will terminate

1 October 2078. At the moment, rent payable under the lease is $40,000 per

annum. Generally speaking the other terms and conditions in the lease are

quite standard for a lease of this kind.

(3) The lessees.

(4) The Government is unaware of any plans to vary the ownership of the lease or

its management.

(5) No.

(6) The Government is unaware of any such inspection, unless the Member is

referring to an inspection made in June 1993 by members of my Department.

The inspection was made following an offer from the then Receiver to sell the

Pool to the Government.

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