STRATHMONT CENTRE LIBRARY

In reply to the Hon. K.L. VINCENT (18 June 2013).

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation): The Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion has received this advice:

The resources available at the disability library at Strathmont play an important role in supporting South Australians living with a disability, their families and their carers.

With the planned closure of the Strathmont Centre, the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (DCSI) needs to ensure the public continues to have access to those resources. In addition, demand is likely to increase with the introduction of DisabilityCare Australia.

DCSI is therefore investigating alternative options to locate these resources at a community-based library. Any new location for the disability library will be accessible for people with disabilities. There are no plans to move the disability collection to the Riverside Building on North Terrace in the CBD.

The value of having up to date resources available to public, professionals and people in the disability community is without question and the disability library will continue to provide this service into the future.