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What are your comments on the consultants report on the site and the recommendations it contains?
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Comment 1 10 Jun 2008, 9:14 AM
Why aged care? Why not affordable housing for all age groups. The consultants seem obsessed with housing for the elderly - its strange, we all need houses.
Comment 1.1 11 Jun 2008, 11:00 AM
Purdon's consultation and consequential reporting on the Mount Neighbour site was based upon the premise outlined by the ACT Labor Government that the site was in such a "dilapidated" condition that it would have to be sold. The community was never given any choice or chance to discuss sale of the site. The government has shown a true determination to sell the site and has repeated this description of the site several times.
This was a false premise - the condition report for the site describes no such dilapidation and in fact the site had the third-best average condition rating more…
Comment 1.2 20 Jun 2008, 11:34 AM
The whole entire valley has a lack of aged care. This decision is about future planning. The stats don't lie. It is the parents that are maintaining the family home as the children either move into inner Canberra apartments close to uni and facilites or move abroad. People wish to stay in the same area. Plus they need a large infill site to locate it close numerous facilites including shops and transport. i actully feel proud they have chosen this site for aged care because they are valuing the area in the same way I do. Its close proximity to more…