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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times

Latest Phillip pool report exposes serious failure of ACT government oversight

A damning Auditor-General's report has exposed a startling lack of ministerial oversight over the Phillip pool saga, leaving the Woden community with a downgraded facility while raising serious questions about the government's priorities.

The ACT Auditor-General has released a report into the way the requirement for a 50-metre pool in Phillip morphed into a manifestly inadequate 25-metre pool. Geocon acquired the rights to redevelop the existing 50-metre pool and ice-skating centre site for a lucrative housing development after that decision.

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