Page 3034 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 23 September 2014
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MR RATTENBURY: Couldn’t be bothered.
MADAM SPEAKER: I do not think “couldn’t be bothered” is part of the standing orders. A supplementary question, Mr Wall.
MR WALL: A pathetic attitude from the minister there. Minister, what advice have you or your directorate provided to the little athletics community who use the Woden facility as to where they can train in the upcoming summer season?
MR RATTENBURY: Sport and recreation services have been communicating closely with the little athletics federation and also with Capital Football, because they of course have an interest in usage of the soccer pitch that is being constructed in the middle of the athletics track. They have been advising them of the timetable and have been clear about when little athletics and ACT athletics will be able to host meets on the track. Certainly when I spoke with the head of Athletics ACT just this week about matters regarding the track, he was quite upbeat about the prospect of hosting a number of competitions in the ACT in the coming year.
MADAM SPEAKER: A supplementary question, Mr Doszpot.
MR DOSZPOT: Minister, what guarantees can you provide to the Woden soccer club, who also train at this field, that they will not again be disadvantaged for the 2015 season as they were for the entire year this year, despite assurances to the contrary, and how much has the delay added to the cost of this facility?
MR RATTENBURY: As I sought to indicate in my earlier answer before I was shouted down by the members who clearly did not want the information, the works are scheduled to be completed in late 2014. So on that basis they will have no impact on the 2015 soccer season. The pitch will be available to both the Woden club and potentially for other matches, given the quality of lighting at the facility.
MADAM SPEAKER: A supplementary question, Mr Doszpot.
MR DOSZPOT: Minister, can you give us the date when the Woden facility will be completed and open for training and competition for both little athletics and football?
MR RATTENBURY: The additional works are scheduled to be completed in late 2014 and be ready for use in early 2015.
Education—school chaplaincy program
MR DOSZPOT: My question is to the minister for education. Minister, on the ABC Radio PM program interview last Thursday week, you advised that you would be responding to Minister Pyne’s invitation to participate in the school chaplaincy program. Madam Speaker, we ask the minister: did she respond to Minister Pyne, and what was the response?
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