The ground finally will be broken on Queanbeyan's first respite care facility in the next few months after more than five years of intense effort, negotiation, fund-raising and government lobbying.
The last piece of the puzzle finally slipped into place with Labor's win in the weekend NSW election, with the newly elected member for Monaro Steve Whan pledging to put $600,000 on the table to cover the funding shortfall and allow the project to push ahead.
