Page 2890 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 14 August 2019
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leading Aboriginal youth service, Gugan Gulwan, operates in Erindale. Minister, why has this funding been rolled over into the 2019-20 budget?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I thank Mr Milligan for the question and note that it was $150,000 that was allocated to this project. I thought that Mr Milligan said $50,000; I just want to clarify that for members of the Assembly.
This project is very important, but we have also been engaging in another important project with Gugan Gulwan in the past financial year: the establishment of the functional family therapy child welfare pilot program which Gugan Gulwan is undertaking in partnership with OzChild to deliver intensive family support services for families who are at risk of having children enter the child protection system. Obviously, the work to undertake the feasibility study with Gugan Gulwan must be done in partnership with them. It is a small organisation and there have been some capacity issues around being able to engage in that work while at the same time establishing the functional family therapy work, which has been very important.
I am pleased to say that that work, in terms of the feasibility study, is underway. It is a very important piece of work; it is a priority for us; and we will get that work completed as quickly as we can.
MR MILLIGAN: Minister, is it fair to expect Gugan to keep delivering services and programs when you will not even deliver them the options report for upgrades at the current facility?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I thank Mr Milligan for the supplementary. I am not quite sure what he is referring to in relation to an options report. In terms of the delivery of expanded services, of course the government has entered into arrangements with Gugan Gulwan for additional facilities for them to deliver those services. We continue to work on a proactive basis with Gugan Gulwan to ensure that they have sufficient facilities to deliver their services while at the same time undertaking this very important feasibility work to understand their needs into the future and to plan for how we will deliver those.
MR COE: Minister, when will the work be complete so Gugan will finally get the facilities they deserve?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I will take the question on notice in terms of when exactly we expect this work to be completed, but it is underway and it will be completed as quickly as possible. Of course, it absolutely needs to be done in partnership with Gugan Gulwan and to be led by them to determine exactly their needs but also in partnership with other ACT government agencies, including Property Group. I have taken the question on notice already, Mr Coe, in terms of the detail of that.
Light rail—certification
MISS C BURCH: My question is to the minister for transport. Minister, my question relates to an answer you gave two weeks ago concerning the Specialist Electrical Engineering Group, the original certifier for the electrical work done on the light rail
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