Page 2569 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 9 August 2016
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With the government commitment to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2020, our greatest sources of emissions will come from transport-related activities. This is why as part of the budget the government has committed $150,000 to determine our future transport options. We do need to rethink our forms of transport and to use innovative technology systems that maximise 100 per cent renewable energy and help us reduce transport emissions. Electric vehicles will be an important component in these future options.
This budget showcases this government’s commitment to the environment. The budget shows how small jurisdictions can make a huge difference to combat the challenges of climate change, lessen the burden on its residents and build a sustainable place for every Canberran to enjoy and be proud of.
MS BURCH (Brindabella) (9.54): I will respond to some of the comments by Mr Gentleman when he mentioned the Tuggeranong community. I want to reflect on a recommendation in the estimates committee report that asked the government to provide adequate funds to upgrade the Tuggeranong Arts Centre to ensure that it is compliant with all safety standards and can offer full amenities to all its patrons.
The Tuggeranong Arts Centre was built in 1998. It was the first multi-purpose arts facility of its kind built in the ACT. It offers a vast range of activities. If members look at its website, this month alone there is a shopfront art club offering chances to produce, script, film and edit your own short film. There is a workshop for Instagrammers; there is a classical twilight concert; and there is “lakeside live” with a series of life drawings. They are a few of the activities that happen at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre.
I am very pleased with the government’s response to this recommendation. It has agreed to it and has committed to upgrades to the Tuggeranong Arts Centre. They will be addressed through the reprioritisation of the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate’s existing capital upgrades funding. This means that all those necessary upgrades to the Tuggeranong Arts Centre to make sure all patrons—young, old, young at heart—can get there and enjoy the facilities and the activities that I know you, Madam Assistant Speaker, and I are fully aware of and that happen at Tuggeranong Arts Centre each and every week. That is a very good outcome for the Tuggeranong arts community.
Proposed expenditure agreed to.
Debate (on motion by Ms Burch) adjourned to the next sitting.
Adjournment
Motion (by Mr Gentleman) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
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