Page 243 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 15 February 2012
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facility of significant size. There were discussions about more youth involvement in the process and about more things for youth to do. The issue of a walk-in clinic for Tuggeranong was raised; fancy that. Stormwater/wetlands were raised: can we restore some of the stormwater drains that we have to wetlands to minimise the flows that might come through? People particularly remember the damage done to the stormwater drains in Richardson and Isabella Plains in the downpours over Christmas a couple of years back.
Ashley Drive duplication was raised. Where is it? What is happening? Why has nothing been done? The issue of the pre-purchase report on a home was raised. One chap said there are more exclusions and disclaimers in the report than the report itself. There was the issue of whether or not we would get light rail. There was the issue of pedestrian safety: how can people feel safe when they are out walking? The future of Tralee was raised: would the people of Tuggeranong have to suffer through aircraft noise? Where is the southern cemetery; what has happened? We are aware of the planting of the trees but not much else.
Bike paths came up—maintenance, cleanliness and the ability to ride on one unimpeded. Land release in Tuggeranong: what land was there, what would be released, how would that go? The state of the parks and playgrounds in particular was raised. People did not feel that they were being maintained in the way that they should be maintained. Law and order issues were raised; indeed, support for Neighbourhood Watch. There were some concerns about sentencing of recidivist prisoners and prostitution in the suburbs. There were concerns over the statements that Mr Hargreaves made that he thought it would be more than okay for people to work in the same house in prostitution.
That is just a summary of what was raised. As one can see, this is about where we live, how we live and about amenity. It is about a safe place for our kids. It is about growing old gracefully, loving where you are and being able to move freely around your suburb. That is why I have moved the motion today. The motion is about all of Tuggeranong. There is a bit of a focus in the motion on the lake—it is topical—but it is really about the planning of Tuggeranong and the maintenance of Tuggeranong. People did have a feeling that we were low in the priority stakes under the Gallagher government, particularly after some of the comments that the former Chief Minister had made about Tuggeranong and the fact that it took him, I think, some years to get to Tuggeranong, to come to a community council meeting and meet with the people of Tuggeranong.
That was paragraph 1(a) of the motion. Paragraph 1(b) notes that the quality of water in Lake Tuggeranong has deteriorated. The lake is now closed for extended periods. I think we have all seen the articles. The issue of the smell from the lake was something that people did not expect in a city like Canberra. The issue of debris in the lake, as I said, was raised and people were quite concerned that a considerable volume of rubbish accumulates in the water of Lake Tuggeranong and then it is deposited along the foreshores. There does not seem to be a program that addresses that.
Paragraph 1(d) notes that the Gallagher Labor government has been forced to undertake planning for Tuggeranong town centre and Erindale group centre and some regional centres.
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