Page 1078 - Week 04 - Thursday, 21 May 2020
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Yes, the Chief Health Officer provided us with this specific advice in relation to this specific step of implementing the national framework, and yes, we took the Chief Health Officer’s advice as it was provided, as we have been operating in line with advice. But to give an example of where we have taken an ACT-specific approach, I would point to the reopening of our public libraries. We looked at what our libraries can do, how they can operate, and determined that things like reading sessions could not have more than 10 people but that libraries would open in a very tailored way. That is taking into account the national framework but also taking into account our individual circumstances. That is exactly an example of how we have been working through this entire process.
Canberra Hospital—infrastructure
MISS C BURCH: My question is to the Minister for Health: has ACT Health, Canberra Health Services or any other ACT government agency received any engineering reports relating to building 1, the tower block, at the Canberra Hospital? If so, who carried out the work and in what way was it done?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I thank Miss Burch for the question. I am sure that over the extended period that building 1 has existed at Canberra Hospital there have been engineering reports received by Canberra Health Services, ACT Health Directorate and its predecessors. I will take the detail of that question on notice.
MISS C BURCH: Minister, what does the most recent report tell us about building 1, the tower block, at the Canberra Hospital?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: Even if I had that information in front of me I imagine it would be a very long answer that would well exceed two minutes, so I will take that question on notice.
MRS JONES: Minister, will you table the most recent engineering report related to building 1 in the Assembly on the next sitting day?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: Given that I will need to get some advice on that, I will take that question on notice.
ACT Health—SPIRE project
MISS C BURCH: My question is to the Minister for Health. Minister, I refer to a story in the media of 12 March in relation to the latest changes to the SPIRE project. Ms Fiona Carrick, the president of the Woden Valley Community Council, said, “This is a bandaid solution to a poorly planned project.” Minister, why has the government adopted a bandaid solution that does not solve the problems caused by the SPIRE project?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: While I thank Miss Burch for the question, I completely reject the premise of it; we have not done that.
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