Question - ACT Budget

Tuggeranong Playground Plan – Addressed to Minister for City and Government Services, lodged 5 August 2025

1. What was the reasoning behind selecting six playgrounds for upgrades in the Tuggeranong region, which is the largest number of playground upgrades in any single region for the 2024–25 financial year? (Kambah, Wanniassa, Bonython, Isabella Plains, Gilmore and Conder)
   1. According to the election commitment costings (LAB012), each playground was allocated $400,000 in funding, spread over two years ($200,000 per year). Does this mean all six playgrounds will be under construction during the same period?
   2. If so, was consideration given to staging the works, such as upgrading three playgrounds in the first year and the remaining three in the second, to minimise disruption and better manage community access to local play spaces?

Free Annual Kerbside Bulky Waste and Second-hand Sunday initiative – Addressed to Minister for City and Government Services, lodged 5 August 2025

Part of the ACT Labor Policy Position Statement prior to the 2024 ACT Election included a promise to trial a free suburb-wide kerbside bulky waste collection in 20 suburbs (10 north and 10 south), along with Second Hand Sunday style community events prior to these bulky waste collections (LAB050). According to the costing for election commitments by ACT Labor, this trial is anticipated to start mid 2025.  

1. Does the $1.36 million allocated in 2025–2026 for the election commitment program “Free suburb-wide kerbside bulky waste collection” form part of the total cost of $90 million listed for 2025–2026 under Output 2.2: Waste and Recycling?
2. How will the 20 suburbs (10 northside and 10 southside) be selected for this trial?
   1. What factors will be considered in the selection of these suburbs?
   2. Will the level of illegal dumping reported in individual suburbs, as logged through platforms like Fix My Street and Access Canberra, be considered when deciding which suburbs will be included in the trial?  
3. If 10 suburbs are being trialed during the 2-year pilot program, how many days per week will each suburb have kerbside collections?  
4. Will there be any variation in the number of collection days between suburbs during the trial?
5. How will the Free Annual Kerbside Bulky Waste service be communicated to the residents in the chosen suburbs?
6. Will a specific budget be allocated to marketing and notifying residents about this service?
   1. If YES, how much money is being allocated for advertising this service in each suburb?
   2. If NO, what is the point of trialing a pilot program if residents are not adequately informed about this free service?  
7. How will the success of this pilot program be determined?
8. How will the program measure success, especially considering that “the cost may vary significantly depending on the actual demand of residents?”
9. Is Second-hand Sunday an ACT Government Initiative or is the ACT Government expecting volunteer led community groups in the chosen suburbs to organise this event?
10. If this is an ACT Government Initiative, what is the additional cost of advertising and facilitating each one of these second-hand Sundays (20 in total, one in each suburb)?
11. If the ACT Government is expecting Second-hand Sunday to be led by volunteers in local community groups, then what support, financial or otherwise, will the ACT Government be providing?
12. Where will these Second-hand Sunday initiatives be held in each individual suburb?