Page 615 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 4 July 1989
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governments of other countries are handled at the Federal level, and quite rightly so. However, if indeed a Kamarian embassy is being opened and if there is a position available for an ambassador, I can think of nobody better than Dr Kinloch to fill that position, although unfortunately he would, of course, be subject to my equal opportunity provisions and would have to take his chances in that kind of a forum.
Housing Loan
MR COLLAERY: My question is directed to the Chief Minister. Is she aware that the National Crime Authority has interviewed a former Commissioner for Housing of this Territory, Mr Grills, regarding the discharge of a Commissioner for Housing loan given to one of her ministerial colleagues? If so, would she be prepared to look into the matter and provide a statement to the house on it?
MS FOLLETT: No, I am not aware that the National Crime Authority has interviewed a former Commissioner for Housing on the discharge of a Commissioner for Housing loan for one of my ministerial colleagues. I am happy to make some inquiries in relation to that matter. It might be advisable, if Mr Collaery has some information that he wishes investigated, that he gives me a bit more of the chapter and verse on it, to save a hundred-year search of the archives of the ACT while I track down who or what he might be talking about. So, I am quite happy to undertake such an inquiry, provided that I have the information which would enable that inquiry to be undertaken in a timely and efficient manner.
Education
MR HUMPHRIES: My question, Mr Speaker, is directed to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. Is the Minister aware of the intention of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party, as indicated in an article in the Canberra Times yesterday headed "Qld Labor promises literacy", should it win government - I ask you to allow this question, Mr Speaker, notwithstanding that it is hypothetical - to introduce a diagnostic test to ensure that school children reach a minimum level in mathematics, reading and writing? Does the Minister agree with his Queensland counterpart that there is a need for literacy and numeracy testing in ACT schools? If not, why not?
MR WHALAN: Mr Speaker, the ASAT test is an assessment test established by the Australian Council for Educational Research, ACER, and is an important component in the determination of the assessments of students for their matriculation qualifications. That test contains a
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