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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 6 Hansard (23 May) . . Page.. 1753 ..

Mr Humphries (continuing):

the Government has made substantial progress which will see a range of facilities opened in the Town Centre in late 1997.

(4) There will be a range of community facilities in the Gungahlin Town Centre. Proposed facilities include an Emergency Services Complex, an integrated Community Centre (which will have a theatre, meeting space, community offices etc), a health centre, a library and telecommunication centre possibly collocated with a Government shopfront, a Government Secondary College, child care facilities, places of worship, a swimming complex, an oval and other recreation facilities. The timing of the provision of these facilities is a factor of demographics, general ACT economic growth, and the governmental budgetary processes.

There has been extensive community consultation on the facilities to be included in the Town Centre and this consultation will be continued by the Gungahlin Development Authority in cooperation with Government agencies based on the principles set out in the Background papers accompanying the draft Variation to the Territory Plan. The consultation processes will be creative, flexible, ensure the participation of diverse groups and promote a sense of community ownership and that consultation should occur at each stage of the development process.

(5) The Master plan for Gungahlin includes public toilets and are planned to be provided as needs increase. The Department of Urban Services requires that toilets for public use be provided in major shopping centres and encourages new local shopping centres to provide them. There are no plans for the government to provide public toilets in Ngunnawal.

(6) Yes

(a) Sixteen current and former sheep dips have been identified by the Department of Urban Services on the following properties: Tea Gardens; Gold Creek (2);

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