A vote for Labor or the Liberals in next month's election is a vote for the end of the Civic pool.
Both major parties want a new convention centre built on the site of the existing pool.
Labor wants to throw in a new "entertainment pavilion" there as well. Apparently that is different to a convention centre. It will host live music gigs. (Needless to say, the existing National Convention Centre encompasses the Royal Theatre that has and does host live music gigs. But, yes, it does feel like you're going to a gig in an office building).
Both Labor and the Liberals have said they will build a new aquatic centre in Commonwealth Park to replace the demolished Civic pool.
Labor got a lot of headlines about that but Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee said they thought of the idea first.
"When we said that we would be building the National Convention Centre under a Canberra Liberals government at the Civic pool site, we've always said the plan was for the pool to move to Commonwealth Park. That's something we've already committed to," Ms Lee said.
"That is something Andrew Barr is clearly trying to palm off as a new announcement but something that has clearly been in the pipeline as well."
I know it's not fashionable, but I'd love to keep the Civic pool right where it is and, I don't know, improve what we already have?
Am I the only person in Canberra who could not care less if we get a new stadium or convention centre?
I know the new city aquatic centre will be billed as being better than the Civic pool, but will it? Really? Will it be another loud, hot, steamy indoor pool?
Sure, the 50-metre pool at Civic is inside. But the diving pool and the toddlers' pool are outside. In. The. Sunshine. With lots of green, open space. An oasis in the city. And watching the kids and teenagers jump off the diving boards is a real community thing. Everyone encouraging and clapping those brave enough to take leap of faith.
Labor says it will consult over whether new diving facilities should go in Commonwealth Park or at the Stromlo swimming complex.
(I can already see those kids and teenagers flocking to the government's Your Say website to put in their two cents' worth. I hope there are some genuine attempts to get their input, not just middle-class, middle-aged Canberrans having their say again.)
"Before we progress to detailed design there will be a short public consultation," a Labor spokesperson said.
"Our main question to resolve is where diving facilities will be, and there's essentially two options. We set aside space at the Stromlo facility that we opened about four years ago, so dive could go there, or it could be part of the new city facility."
The National Capital Authority's draft master plan identifies a preferred site for the aquatic centre on the western edge of the Regatta Place car park adjacent to Commonwealth Avenue, north of Albert Street and south of the Archbishop's residence.
Labor reckons its city aquatic centre will cost between $50 million and $100 million and will be a mix of indoor and outdoor pools. The Commonwealth will provide the land.
"The location of future dive facilities will impact project cost. If they are located at the new pool, it will be at the higher end of that cost spectrum," the spokesperson said.
Love to tell you what the Liberals plans are, but don't have them yet.
Labor's idea sounds good. But I'd love to keep what we've got and make it better. Treasure some 1950s-era heritage. (And why is the Civic pool always described as "ageing" while Manuka pool is "historic"?)
The only person who has been truly trying to save the Phillip pool is Fiona Carrick, the independent candidate for Murrumbidgee.
Maybe we need a whole lot more independent MLAs who are not afraid to present a different view to the major parties.
And who can help save the Civic pool, as well.
