Page 15 - Week 01 - Thursday, 11 May 1989
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resolution of problems and disputes in the areas of public housing and rental accommodation. Legislation for the establishment of a tenancy bond trust will be introduced into the Assembly within the next 12 months.
Women make up a disproportionate number of the disadvantaged in our community. It is the objective of my government that women are equal partners in social and economic terms in the workplace, the house and the community. I stand by my election commitment to programs for ACT women, and in particular to establishing a new refuge for victims of domestic violence.
Environmental issues are quickly becoming the most important area of government activity. My government will ensure that the environmental consequences of all its decisions are fully taken into account. Within the first year we will be introducing comprehensive environmental impact legislation.
We will also actively encourage the recycling of waste products. In particular, we will investigate the use by the ACT Administration of recycled and unbleached paper products. The implementation and effectiveness of pollution control legislation will be reviewed.
The ACT's excellent system of national parks and nature reserves will be maintained and enhanced. The Canberra Nature Park, the Murrumbidgee and Molonglo River corridors and the Jerrabomberra Wetlands will be gazetted under the Nature Conservation Ordinance.
My party is committed to maintaining and improving the Australian Capital Territory education system. No more Canberra neighbourhood schools will be closed during the life of this government, and the pre-school fee will be abolished.
The first ACT government will be an open and accountable government responsive to the demands of the community. It will be a Government that will treat all in the community as equal.
The success of this first ACT government, and indeed of this Assembly, will depend greatly on our ability to work together - with each other and with the community whom we have been elected to serve; with the trade union movement and the business sector; and with the staff and management of the Australian Capital Territory Administration and the Assembly's Secretariat. I know that every member of the Labor team is looking forward to the momentous task of working together to provide stable and responsive government in the best interests of the people of the ACT. I wish every member of the Assembly well in fulfilling their role in the task ahead.
MR WOOD (by leave): Our Chief Minister - our historic Chief Minister - has indicated just the bare bones of the
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