Page 1803 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 18 October 1989
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Printing Industry
MR KAINE: I direct a question to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. Minister, in light of this morning's announcement that the Commonwealth intends to divest itself of about 200 workers at the printing works of the Australian Government Publishing Service, could you tell us when you expect the report of your strategic study of the ACT printing industry to be brought down, so that we can know whether the 200 people are likely to be given jobs in the local industry?
MR WHALAN: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for this question. The issue of employment in the printing industry is one that is of concern to us, because printing is one of our largest manufacturing processes, and I think we usually describe it as the largest employer in the manufacturing sector in the ACT. It is for that reason that we are concerned at the announcement by the Federal Government in relation to employment.
We do not have a reporting date yet for the report on the printing industry, but the progress that we have undertaken there and the information which has been accumulated as a result of our study into the printing industry will be of considerable assistance to us in possibly assisting the relocation of workers who are affected as a result of today's announcement.
Tuggeranong Community Centre
MR JENSEN: I refer the Chief Minister to her written answer to a question I asked on 28 September, which she tabled yesterday. I refer particularly to the note at the bottom of that answer which says:
The $2m referred to in the budget papers does not relate to the Tuggeranong Community Centre but refers to visual arts facilities.
On page 22 of budget paper No. 5 is the following statement:
An amount of $2m is allocated from the Community Development Fund for construction of the Tuggeranong Community Centre in 1989-90. This funding was carried over from 1988-89.
My question is: can the Chief Minister please tell the Assembly what is the difference between the visual arts facility and the Tuggeranong Community Centre, or are they one and the same thing?
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