❓ Mr. Taylor asks for an update on the Cockburn Aquatic and Recreation Facility. The Minister responds positively, highlighting the state government's investment and the facility's benefits to the community and elite athletes.
AnsweredQoN 660Legislative Assembly
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COCKBURN AQUATIC AND RECREATION FACILITY
660. Mr M.H. TAYLOR to the Minister for
Sport and Recreation:
During the winter recess work
commenced on the Cockburn aquatic and recreation facility, supported by the
state government. Can the minister please provide an update on this significant
community project?
660. Mr M.H. TAYLOR to the Minister for
Sport and Recreation:
During the winter recess work
commenced on the Cockburn aquatic and recreation facility, supported by the
state government. Can the minister please provide an update on this significant
community project?
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I thank the member for his question
and for his interest in sport and recreation. The Cockburn aquatic and
recreation facility will be a hugely important complex. It is located in a very
fast-growing part of the Perth metropolitan area—I think the catchment
area is 200 000 people—and the state government has contributed $12.4 million
towards the community parts of the facility, which in total is $108 million.
All members will understand the
incredible importance of facilities such as this in making sure that we have
communities that are active and connected, and that is why I was very happy to
attend the sod-turning a couple of weeks ago. It is a multipurpose centre, so
it will offer a vast range of activities for this very fast growing part of the
Perth metropolitan area. There is a sport and recreation precinct and an
education precinct for all people, from those going into their first sporting
experience, our juniors, right up to the elite level; as members will be aware,
it is also to be the new home of the Fremantle Dockers headquarters. It will
have a number of different features, including swimming pools, water slides, basketball
courts, netball courts and a gymnasium. As I just said, it will also be the
home of the Fremantle Dockers, so hopefully there will be some silverware in
the cupboard before we open the facility; they might need to pull their socks
up a bit more after last weekend's performance! Students from Curtin
University will be able to use the facilities for integrated learning, with
access to sports science and medicine facilities for training and education.
It is really shaping up to be quite
a spectacular facility in Cockburn. It is part of a collection of new
facilities and services in that area—Fiona Stanley Hospital is
obviously very close by. It is expected to attract around a million visitors
per year. It is also part of LandCorp's Cockburn Central West development,
which will feature over 1 000 apartments and townhouses for up to 2 000 people,
as well as retail and office space. It is going to be a real hub in the
southern suburbs and a very important facility for the community going forward.
The state government has an ongoing
commitment to sport and recreation infrastructure and to supporting our
grassroots clubs and communities. This government has an outstanding record for
investing in not only major infrastructure such as the Western Australian Institute
of Sport facility, the State Netball Centre, the basketball centre and nib
Stadium, but also, very heavily, the grassroots end, and that is what these
community facilities are about. It was a great day; the Premier and I and
others were out there to do the sod-turning. As members go past, they will see
that it is a great hive of activity as the project progresses.
and for his interest in sport and recreation. The Cockburn aquatic and
recreation facility will be a hugely important complex. It is located in a very
fast-growing part of the Perth metropolitan area—I think the catchment
area is 200 000 people—and the state government has contributed $12.4 million
towards the community parts of the facility, which in total is $108 million.
All members will understand the
incredible importance of facilities such as this in making sure that we have
communities that are active and connected, and that is why I was very happy to
attend the sod-turning a couple of weeks ago. It is a multipurpose centre, so
it will offer a vast range of activities for this very fast growing part of the
Perth metropolitan area. There is a sport and recreation precinct and an
education precinct for all people, from those going into their first sporting
experience, our juniors, right up to the elite level; as members will be aware,
it is also to be the new home of the Fremantle Dockers headquarters. It will
have a number of different features, including swimming pools, water slides, basketball
courts, netball courts and a gymnasium. As I just said, it will also be the
home of the Fremantle Dockers, so hopefully there will be some silverware in
the cupboard before we open the facility; they might need to pull their socks
up a bit more after last weekend's performance! Students from Curtin
University will be able to use the facilities for integrated learning, with
access to sports science and medicine facilities for training and education.
It is really shaping up to be quite
a spectacular facility in Cockburn. It is part of a collection of new
facilities and services in that area—Fiona Stanley Hospital is
obviously very close by. It is expected to attract around a million visitors
per year. It is also part of LandCorp's Cockburn Central West development,
which will feature over 1 000 apartments and townhouses for up to 2 000 people,
as well as retail and office space. It is going to be a real hub in the
southern suburbs and a very important facility for the community going forward.
The state government has an ongoing
commitment to sport and recreation infrastructure and to supporting our
grassroots clubs and communities. This government has an outstanding record for
investing in not only major infrastructure such as the Western Australian Institute
of Sport facility, the State Netball Centre, the basketball centre and nib
Stadium, but also, very heavily, the grassroots end, and that is what these
community facilities are about. It was a great day; the Premier and I and
others were out there to do the sod-turning. As members go past, they will see
that it is a great hive of activity as the project progresses.
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