Page 1523 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 27 September 1989
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Education
To the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory.
The petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly:
That in the proposed budget of the Australian Capital Territory Government there are plans to cut millions of dollars from public education. These cuts will critically undermine the standard of public education in this Territory in a number of ways including:
. cutting out reading recovery programs
. decreasing course options
. increasing class sizes
. eliminating professional support for preschools
. decreasing all counselling and support services
. cutting such vital programs as English as a second language.
Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to:
Reject all budget proposals which cut funding to public education in the Australian Capital Territory.
By Mr Whalan (from 514 citizens)
Petition received.
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
ACT Ambulance Service
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Deputy Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Community Services and Health. Can the Minister explain why Canberra residents who subscribe to the ACT ambulance scheme are still being billed for their annual subscription while, at the same time, the Government proposes that the ambulance scheme will be funded through a new levy on private health insurance contributions? Is the Government deliberately intending to charge people twice for the same service or does the Government intend giving people who renew their subscription a refund once the new scheme is up and running?
MR BERRY: This is a three-barrelled question. The first part relates to the ambulance subscription scheme, which is currently administered by the department. What I can say
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