Page 224 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 30 May 1989
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by the six-month hiatus period before and after the ACT election, will the Minister act immediately to reconstitute that committee?
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, if I may I would like to take that question on notice. I do not have the answer at my fingertips, and I believe it deserves a considered reply.
CULTURAL FACILITIES
MR KAINE: I would also like to address a question to the Chief Minister in connection with the Edmonds report. I have read the report rather quickly. It seems to me that if one asks a bunch of kids whether they want a bag of lollies, they will say "Yes, we do and we want lots more of them". The kick in that report comes towards the end when the author notes that it will cost $2.5m a year to run it. Does that suggest that we might not be able to afford this facility even though the kids would like the candy?
MS FOLLETT: Yes, I noted that as well. Like Mr Kaine, I have not had time to study the report in detail but I have seen the estimated costing in it. I think it is something that we need to take on in further consideration of the report and also, as I said, the select committee might want to look at that as well.
The report also comments about the particular management style that might be required for the complex in section 19 and the setting up of a particular type of commercial style operation for a management organisation. I think again that is a matter that needs to be addressed, and that also needs to be weighed against the question of the $2.5m which I think was a one-off amount to set up the whole management of the complex. As I said, I think that is a matter that needs to be considered in relation to the whole report and to the whole section 19 development.
GOVERNMENT HOUSING
MR COLLAERY: My question is directed to the Minister for Housing and Urban Services. In view of the ACT election commitment to ensuring that public housing is directed towards the most needy, could the Minister please inform the Assembly how often government housing tenants are means tested?
MRS GRASSBY: I will have to get back to the member with that answer. I am afraid I do not have those figures at my fingertips, and I think that deserves an exact answer. I will contact the department.
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