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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 05 Hansard (Tuesday, 4 May 2004) . . Page.. 1743 ..

indigenous children from birth to six years of age. Recurrent funding of $214,000 indexed is provided to support this extension.

Recurrent funding of $75,000 has also been provided for Jumby Mulla, an indigenous-managed family support service in the north of Canberra, administered through the Billabong Aboriginal Corporation. This will assist in providing indigenous family support services in north Canberra.

An indigenous foster care service will be established to provide support to deliver positive outcomes for indigenous children in foster care. Funding of $453,000 has been allocated over four years.

Mr Speaker, this budget establishes the first Aboriginal justice centre in Australia. The centre will provide a coordinated approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice programs and services in the territory through a one-stop shop for justice.

Mr Speaker, in line with our commitment to integrated services to address Aboriginal disadvantage, a total of $2.305 million over four years is provided to fund health initiatives.

Arts and culture

Mr Speaker, this is an exciting budget for the arts.

Funding of $14 million is provided over two years for the Civic library and link project.

The arts funding program also receives a significant boost, with $2.4 million increased funding over four years. This will support arts in the ACT through both multiyear funding for organisations providing key arts infrastructure and project funding for one-off activities.

Additional funding of $4.175 million has been allocated for the construction of the Kingston powerhouse glass centre. The funding will allow for the adaptive reuse of the powerhouse as a glass centre, again supporting sustainability. A further $1.636 million over four years has also been provided for the centre’s operation.

The upcoming budget will include funding of $200,000 to undertake design work for an arts and cultural facility in Belconnen, and additional funding for the construction of a new library at Kippax.

Sport and recreation

In March this year the government reinstated the women in sport component of the government’s plan for women policy to provide greater support for the choices that women want to make in their lives.

As members would be aware, in June 2002 this Assembly passed legislation to trial a scheme to encourage licensed clubs to contribute more to the benefit and enhancement of women’s sport in the ACT. The trial has succeeded and the scheme will now become permanent.

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