Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . .

Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 14 Hansard (10 December) . . Page.. 5127 ..

MR CORBELL (continuing):

in Canberra: the Belconnen Community Centre, which includes the youth centre and the Ginninderra Childcare Centre; the Griffin Community Centre; the Gungahlin Community Resource Centre, which includes a youth centre and a library; the Hughes Community Centre; the Lanyon Community Centre, which includes a youth centre; the Majura community occasional care centres; the Pearce Community Centre; the Southside Community Centre; the Tuggeranong Community Centre; the Weston Creek Community Centre, which includes a youth centre; and the Woden Community Centre, which is an occasional care centre.

Canberra has 11 community halls that are located at the Causeway, Corroboree Park, Downer and Ginninderra. Included also are: Humpty hall; Kaleen community hall; Macgregor community hall; Nellie hall; Oaks Estate community hall; Palmerston temporary hall; and Torrens community hall. There are nine community houses, which are as follows: Conder Community House; Gilmore Community Centre; Giralang Community House; Isabella Plains Community House; Kambah Community House; Richardson Community House; Theiss Cottage; Nicholls Community House; and Vocal House at Narrabundah.

There are six neighbourhood centres: at Calwell, Charnwood, Chisholm, Erindale, Ngunnawal and Richardson. In addition, the Department of Urban Services administers the Grant Cameron Community Centre at Holder. I refer also to the Watson Technology Park Building and the old Watson High School, which is a mixture of commercial space but which also retains some community space. Other community facilities are located at Manuka, which houses Manuka Arts and Photo Access. Included also are the Tuggeranong Community Arts building, Downer Primary School, John Knight Hostel, former Pearce Primary School, Queen Elizabeth II Building, Gorman House and the Anchor buildings at Mitchell and Dickson.

Mr Wood: That is not a full list.

MR CORBELL: That is not a full list but it covers a broad range of community facilities across Canberra that the ACT government provides-facilities that are used for a number of purposes. Any assertion that there is not enough community facility space in Canberra reflects on the range and diversity of spaces that are provided by the territory. The government has acknowledged that it will be difficult changing from the old Griffin Centre to the new Griffin Centre. The government also acknowledges that community organisations that currently are not tenants of the Griffin Centre will want to be tenants of the new Griffin Centre. That is understandable. It will be a modern, new building and, as such, it will be attractive to community organisations.

At 5.00 pm, in accordance with standing order 34, the debate was interrupted. The motion for the adjournment of the Assembly having been put and negatived, the debate was resumed.

MR CORBELL: It is appropriate for the government to make a judgment, in collaboration with community organisations, about who should have tenancies in the new Griffin Centre. First and foremost, the government must ensure that existing tenants are accommodated in the new building. That is only fair. It is not necessarily the case that every other community organisation will be located in that building. As a number of

Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . .