Page 805 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 27 February 2013

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(b) that the ACT Labor government has failed to provide community facilities to the people of Lanyon Valley over the last 10 years;

(c) that the people of Lanyon Valley have endured 10 years of rates increases, but have not been given adequate community facilities in return; and

(d) that the Canberra Liberals promised at the 2012 Election to build an indoor pool for the residents of Lanyon Valley; and

(2) calls on the government to:

(a) review the community facilities available to the residents of Lanyon Valley;

(b) provide a plan for the development of facilities for the people of Lanyon Valley over the next four years;

(d) report back to the Assembly on the review and plan by the last sitting day in May 2013.

The Canberra Liberals fundamentally believe that there are many parts of Canberra that are not getting the services that they deserve from their government, and one of those areas which we would like to focus on today is Lanyon valley.

In September 2012 the Canberra Liberals announced that if elected to government we would build an indoor pool for the residents of Lanyon valley. This is an important facility for the people of south Tuggeranong that I believe is warmly embraced by people in Tuggeranong. People in Tuggeranong are still scratching their heads as to why the Labor Party and the Greens would be so hostile to the idea of some facilities for the people of Lanyon valley.

This announcement was submitted to Treasury, it was costed and approved by Treasury in terms of the costing process. It was part of a comprehensive plan to improve local services for the people of Canberra and in this case the people of Tuggeranong.

There is no doubt that the people of the Lanyon valley are amongst the most neglected people in the ACT. They are neglected by their local government. If you look at the facilities that the people of the Lanyon valley have, you will see that they have not kept pace with the growth in the area and they have not kept pace with the amount that those people are paying for their rates and charges every day. We have seen massive increases in rates in the Lanyon valley. They are paying far more; in many cases their rates have more than doubled since Labor came to office, and what they are getting for it is very little in return.

This was part of a range of announcements to ensure that the people of Tuggeranong, the people of the outer suburbs of Canberra, got better facilities than they have. This included things like an urgent care clinic in Tuggeranong, fixing up the issues at

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