Page 400 - Week 04 - Tuesday, 27 June 1989
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MR WHALAN: The recent resignation of a teacher in the school of engineering at the institute has left the institute without full-time teaching staff for the stage 2 component of the auto-electrical course. At present TAFE does not have part-time teachers in this field. The industry has been fully briefed regarding the staff problems and has been asked to provide qualified personnel as part-time teachers, as a short-term measure. Further consultations between the institute and the Motor Traders Association are scheduled for this week, and it is hoped that the outcome of these consultations will lead to the production of a list of potential part-time teachers and the formulation of a strategy to continue training in the short term.
The teacher shortage affects only one stage of the three-stage course and it will not have a long-term effect on students in the study program. The institute is confident that in conjunction with the industry a solution will be found to the problem which will allow for the continuation of study at the level of knowledge and expertise students have come to expect.
ACT Cancer Society
MR MOORE: My question is directed to the Minister for Community Services and Health. Will the Minister explain how he is handling the ACT Cancer Society's request for larger premises, which was given to him in writing at the beginning of June?
MR BERRY: I will have to take that on notice and report back to the Assembly in due course.
MR MOORE: I have a supplementary question that might add some light to it and assist the Minister.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Moore, are you going to ask a question or make a statement? I believe that, when a Minister has declined to answer and says he will give you a written reply, a supplementary question really is out of order.
Government Legal Services
MR HUMPHRIES: My question is to the Chief Minister in her capacity as Treasurer and Attorney-General. Is it a fact that the Minister has established a Government Solicitor within her department to perform a range of legal functions throughout the Administration? Is it also a fact that the provision of legal services is being duplicated in the Community and Health Service by legal officers exclusive to that area? Does this situation result in the unnecessary and costly replication of resources and facilities such as
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