Page 1129 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 22 August 1989
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money should fund additional staff in the Minister's department? If so, how many?
MR BERRY: In relation to the staff, I do not have that information in front of me now, but I will certainly look into it and bring the matter back to the Assembly and report to Mr Humphries. In relation to the food services legislation which is covered by that budget announcement, the ACT has agreed, along with other States, to introduce uniform national food standards.
The changes will bring ACT legislation to the forefront and ensure that food standards in the ACT are properly prescribed and enforced. So it is a matter of dealing with the legislation and the enforcement of it. But, in relation to the staffing, I can look into it and report back in due course.
MR HUMPHRIES: I wish to ask a supplementary question. I am puzzled, Mr Speaker, as to why the Minister cannot tell me whether any additional staff will be created from this allocation because he told Pru Goward on 3 August:
We have put a quarter of a million dollars into it -
meaning the food preparation legislation -
and there will be a number of extra staff provided from that budget allocation.
Can the Minister say whether that is true, that additional staff will be provided from this budget allocation?
MR BERRY: I thank Mr Humphries for the supplementary question. If he had been paying close attention to my answer, he would have heard me say that I did not have the information in front of me and that I will make sure that I have accurate information when I report back to him in due course.
ACT Environment
MR WOOD: I direct a question to the Minister for Housing and Urban Services, a question which is of concern to us all, about the protection of the environment. Can she tell the Assembly what priority she gives to the protection of the ACT environment?
Mr Kaine: Are you going to spend all day answering that one, or just a couple of minutes?
MRS GRASSBY: What would you like? Would you like me to spend all day, or will I just give you a short answer?
Mr Kaine: Give us the shorter, edited version.
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