423-05 Preserve the hydrotherapy pool and associated facilities at the JCU Campus

Eligibility - Citizens of Queensland
Principal Petitioner:
L Parker
16 Beatrice Street
AITKENVALE QLD 4814
Total Signatures - 1,944
Sponsoring Member: Lindel Nelson-Carr MP
Posting Date: 22/02/2005
Tabled Date: 22/02/2005
Referred to: Referred Minister on 24/02/2005
Responded By: Hon Gordon Nuttall MP on 27/04/2005
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

The petition of citizens of Queensland draws to the attention of the House that the James Cook University Campus at the corner of Palmerston St and Fulham Rd Vincent is the current location of a hydrotherapy pool that is used extensively by between 150 and 200 people each week. This pool has been modified so it can be used for rehabilitation and recreation by the disabled, frail and infirm, and is the only pool of its type in the Townsville-Thuringowa area. It is used by residents of the Twin Cities, as well as people from the surrounding region. It has recently been announced that the university will sell the JCU Campus at Vincent in February 2005. This threatens the hydrotherapy pool with closure, which will severely impact on the many members of the wider community who currently use the pool.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to authorise the Queensland State Government to purchase the property known as the JCU Vincent Campus in order to preserve the hydrotherapy pool and associated facilities for use by all residents of Townsville, Thuringowa and the surrounding region.