The Canberra Liberals are hoping to win over voters and possibly independent candidates with the promise of a southside sports arena in Woden, including a new pool. Labor, which is also considering a new indoor sports facility has labelled the Opposition’s proposal a thought bubble.
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00:00While the skyline of Woden's town centre continues to grow, some locals say community and sporting
00:08facilities haven't kept pace.
00:10It's pretty much non-existent.
00:12I think I would like to see more.
00:14I live in Canberra and we're pretty close here and the kids I think would love to see
00:19maybe playgrounds.
00:20The oval over near where they've just put the bus, I'd use.
00:28I'd say it's pretty average, especially when it rains.
00:33It ought to be the beating economic and community heart of the south and that's why we're going
00:38to invest in delivering a southside arena that incorporates an Olympic sized pool, a
00:45multi-sports facility and those community facilities that really bring people together.
00:50The future of the ageing Phillip Pool site has been in doubt since the lease was bought
00:54by Geocon in 2022.
00:57It's an issue campaigned on by independent candidate Fiona Carrick who made an unexpected
01:03appearance at the Liberals press conference.
01:05I will speak to anyone, I can work with anyone and I know that Elizabeth can work with anyone.
01:11What we're going to do is do everything we can to form a Liberal government.
01:15Labor, which has already announced a feasibility study for an indoor sports facility on the
01:19old Woden CIT site that could include a pool, says the Liberals' plan lacks detail.
01:26Where's it going to go?
01:28How much is it going to cost?
01:29What are you building?
01:31Are all the things that remain entirely vague and unanswered.
01:34We're looking down in the Phillip Pool precinct, where the existing Phillip Pool is now.
01:41We're looking to the east of the Phillip Business District and of course the site which might
01:46make the most sense is the old Woden CIT site.
01:51Clearly you wouldn't ask a builder to quote a house without having plans to do so.
01:57Not the line the Canberra Liberals have taken with the yet-to-be-costed Stage 2B of light
02:02rail to Woden, which they vowed to axe.