Page 810 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 27 February 2013
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(c) the planned movement of Mr Seselja to the Federal Parliament represents a betrayal of the trust placed in him by the voters of Lanyon Valley; and
(2) calls on members of the Government to deliver on the commitment to a community needs analysis as set out in the Parliamentary Agreement, and continue to serve the people of Lanyon Valley for the full term of this Assembly.”.
I am a little surprised that Mr Seselja should bring this motion on today, given that he is seeking to get away from the people of Lanyon as quickly as he can, given that he has really only just discovered them, given that in 2004 after living in Tuggeranong, as he said, born and bred and raised his family there, he chose not to represent them in 2004, chose not to represent them in 2008. But I am surprised that he would draw attention to his hypocrisy, draw attention to a trail of broken promises to the people of Brindabella that paved his election result and draw attention to his betrayal of his former friend and mentor, Gary Humphries.
Mr Seselja today has chosen to draw the Assembly’s attention to the people of Lanyon, a community that, as a Tuggeranong local, I know very well. So let us talk about the people of Lanyon and their wants and expectations. The ACT Labor Party went to the election with some very strong policies to deliver enhanced services to the people of Tuggeranong, including Lanyon. The government have a proven record of delivering on our commitments, and we will continue to do so.
During our last term of government, we successfully delivered on our election commitments and the commitments made under the parliamentary agreement. As my amendment reflects, we have made a firm public commitment under the parliamentary agreement to undertake a community needs analysis of services in south Tuggeranong, including investigating the feasibility of a library at Lanyon. We will be honouring that commitment, and my amendment affirms that. We have also made a number of election commitments that represent substantial investment by this government in the future of Tuggeranong, and we will be honouring those commitments.
The ACT Labor government have made a number of substantial election commitments, and we will implement them, particularly in Tuggeranong and the Lanyon valley, and a number of Tuggeranong folk will share the benefits, along with the rest of Canberra. The government will commit $19 million for stage 2 of the upgrade and duplication of Ashley Drive between Erindale Drive and Johnson Drive, and this follows the $7 million investment just made for stage 1 from Sternberg Crescent to Erindale Drive. The government is committing $8.7 million to construct a new purpose-built centre of excellence and numeracy at the Caroline Chisholm School.
The government is committing $7½ million in capital funding to construct a new Canberra Institute of Technology Tuggeranong learning centre. The uptake of training in the Tuggeranong area is on the increase and while at the same time we have significant innovations in learning delivery, this will allow a local centre for local people.
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