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Legislative Council - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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APY LANDS SWIMMING POOLS

The Hon. SANDRA KANCK (15:49): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for State and Local Government Relations, representing the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, a question about the effect of swimming pools in the APY lands.

Leave granted.

The Hon. SANDRA KANCK: There are now three swimming pools on the APY lands, and part of the conditions of use put in place prior to their construction was that a 'No school, no pool' policy would be implemented as an encouragement for children to attend school. At the time, there was debate with suggestions that this, in fact, was a racist policy. Regardless of whether or not it was, the justification that the government gave was that this policy would increase school attendance and that there would be positive health outcomes for the children using the pool. My questions to the minister are:

1 For each of the three pools, what are the rates of school attendance compared to the pre-construction period?

2. What measured health outcomes have there been, if any?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy) (15:50): I thank the honourable member for her important question and will refer it to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation in another place and bring back a response.

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