Conservation Park Accessibility

Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (14:46): Supplementary: in the interest of fairness, will there be a really concerted effort about looking in the north and north-eastern areas to make sure there is some accessibility in those parks?

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water) (14:46): Absolutely. The minister should be applauded for pointing out—

An honourable member: The member.

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS: The member, yes.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS: Well, she would make a very worthy minister, I believe, and was clearly overlooked many times by the previous government. She is to be commended for that advocacy. I know there is work being done on nature play spaces in the north and north-eastern suburbs to look at making particular components of those nature play sites more accessible.

I am going to have the pleasure of heading up to Para Wirra Conservation Park in a couple of weeks' time, near the member for Florey's electorate—I think it is in the member for King's electorate—to look at some upgrades that have occurred there. I will certainly be keen to hear the ideas that are coming out of the department about this, particularly from staff who are on the ground on a day-to-day basis, and I will be particularly asking for opportunities for conservation parks and recreation parks in the north-east.