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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 2 Hansard (27 February) . . Page.. 335 ..

MS TUCKER: I have a supplementary question. Do you have any plans for how the community could be involved? I understand about the area you have already put aside; but if the community does have these concerns, which they obviously do, does the Government have in mind some process which would allow them to have an input into landscape decisions or exactly how those green spaces are going to be put in place in the area?

MR HUMPHRIES: You are talking about the green spaces rather than the housing developments.

Ms Tucker: No; I am talking about the green space between the pond and the development, as well as generally throughout Gungahlin.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, generally speaking, there is a degree of consultation with the community about the way in which open spaces are landscaped. We talk to people like the community councils and other established stakeholders about the way in which particular developments should be established and how they should look. As far as the edge of the pond and the open spaces there are concerned, it is not the intention, as far as I am aware, to change much of that. It is a native open space, in a sense, at the moment. The proposal would be to leave it as it is rather than change it to any great degree. To the extent that there will be any changes to that area, my department is very willing to discuss that with members of the community. There are mechanisms in place for plans of that kind to be available for public inspection, and they will continue to be made available. I have written to the community council and said, "If you have a concern about this, please come and talk to me about it and we will attempt to sort out the concern".

Woden Valley Hospital - Patient Activity Data

MR WHITECROSS: Mr Speaker, my question without notice is to Mrs Carnell in her capacity as Chief Minister and Minister for Health and Community Care. I refer to the Woden Valley Hospital information bulletin on patient activity data for the month of December 1995, Table 6, which states:

A breakdown by clinical unit was not available for December 1995 due to technical difficulties in generating the required reports from MediLinc.

What were those technical difficulties, and have they now been resolved?

MRS CARNELL: I am happy to get a technical briefing for the member if he would like, but I have made the comment already that there are some problems with MediLinc. They are ones that we are addressing in a holistic way to get the information technology approach at Woden Valley Hospital working for a change.

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