Page 4564 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 26 November 2019
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to announce that this new public school will include a high quality purpose-built double gymnasium space suitable for roller derby as well as other indoor sports. It will include two full-sized courts with line markings for roller derby and other sports such as basketball, futsal or indoor soccer, netball, volleyball and badminton; seating; and additional space for community storage.
Other investments across the south side include draught proofing and tree planting at Alfred Deakin High School, a sensory garden and stormwater works at Curtin Primary School, a science lab upgrade at Telopea Park School and new transportable buildings at Red Hill and Mawson primary schools.
We also have work planned to upgrade other south-side schools into the future, including toilet upgrades at Canberra College, classroom upgrades for Wanniassa School senior campus, outdoor learning area upgrades at Caroline Chisholm School junior campus, rowing club facility upgrades at Lake Tuggeranong College, and student wellbeing upgrades at Calwell and Lanyon high schools.
Public housing—disruptive behaviour
MR PARTON: My question is to the Minister for Housing and Suburban Development. Minister, ACT Housing’s disruptive behaviour policy states that all ACT tenants and their neighbours are entitled to the quiet enjoyment of their dwellings. In question time earlier in the year we asked a series of questions about ongoing disruptive and criminal behaviour on a Conder street associated with two public housing dwellings. A number of residents on that street state that it has been impossible for them to quietly enjoy their dwellings for the past seven years. Minister, why did it take seven years for any real action in this space?
MS BERRY: I thank Mr Parton for the question but I did come to speak with Mr Parton about this particular issue and offered more conversations around this particular issue in the future if that was required. I am happy to do that on this particular matter because sometimes these issues are quite complex. They have a number of issues attached to them, including action from police as well as Housing ACT and other social services.
My response to Mr Parton’s question today is that I am happy to come to talk with him in particular about this matter but, given that there are a number of complexities around it, it would be challenging for me to go through the detail of that in this place today.
MR PARTON: Minister, more broadly, what guarantees can you make that residents not just of this street but of many others can return to the quiet enjoyment of their own homes?
MS BERRY: Thank you for the question, Mr Parton. Housing ACT works very closely with residents to ensure that they can maintain a tenancy, and also live happily within their neighbourhood and be good neighbours. As well, when some Housing ACT tenants, like other tenants in the ACT, have other complex needs in their lives, Housing ACT works with them to make sure that they can get additional supports.
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