Page 1132 - Week 04 - Tuesday, 2 April 2019
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RVs at the visitors centre. This particular location ticks a number of additional boxes for RV travellers, including access to a world-class visitor information facility and its close proximity to the CBD, tourist attractions and other key services.
Access to free dump points is an issue. Exhibition Park in Canberra provides a permanent black and grey water dump point for overnight RV guests, with access covered under their site fee and at only a small cost of $10 to RV users who are not staying onsite. The majority of other overnight parking accommodation options for RVs also provide either dump points free for guests staying onsite or with a small fee for non-staying customers.
In exploring options for a permanently located free dump point, I am aware that ACT NoWaste is currently considering the opportunity to introduce such a new facility when the Mitchell Resource Management Centre is relocated to a new site. Further consultation will occur as part of scoping feasibility and developing special and infrastructure plans for this facility.
The ACT government, in partnership with the private sector, is committed to understanding and supporting the RV market, where possible, in order to build on our key achievements to date. I advise the Assembly that VisitCanberra will be attending the upcoming New South Wales Caravan Camping Holiday Supershow in Sydney. This provides a valuable opportunity to directly engage with RV travellers and to learn more about their experiences of navigating the Canberra region.
The specific needs of larger campervans and RVs means that there are a variety of issues that all cities need to contemplate in terms of land use and service provision. The ACT government will continue to give appropriate consideration to potential returns on additional infrastructure investment that supports the RV sector. This will be done in a manner that best balances the needs of our local tourism industry and our short break visitors whilst also ensuring that there is a clear alignment with the territory’s tourism 2020 strategy. I present the following paper:
Recreational Vehicle Tourism in the ACT—Ministerial statement, 2 April 2019.
I move:
That the Assembly take note of the paper.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
A step up for our kids—snapshot report
Ministerial statement
MS STEPHEN-SMITH (Kurrajong—Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Disability, Minister for Children, Youth and Families, Minister for Employment and Workplace Safety, Minister for Government Services and Procurement, Minister for Urban Renewal) (10.41): In April and October last year I presented six-monthly progress reports on A step up for our kids—one step can
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