Page 1892 - Week 09 - Thursday, 19 October 1989
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Cosmetics Manufacturer
MR KAINE: I would like to address another question to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education, and perhaps he can give me the same seven-minute answer that he gave to the other two questions without notice that he has received from members on the other side of the house. My question has to do with the $200,000 that is being made available to Revlon to cover part of its resettlement costs. Since the proposed budget for industry incentive this year is only $350,000 and $200,000 has obviously been committed to Revlon, could we be informed as to what the other $150,000 is being spent on in this fiscal year as incentives to increasing the private sector business in the ACT?
Mr Collaery: Good question.
MR WHALAN: Yes, it is a good question, as Mr Collaery says, and it will get a good answer as well. The problem in answering this question, Mr Speaker, is that it is impossible for any of us to look into the future. None of us knows what is going to happen next Monday or indeed next Tuesday. It is very difficult indeed then on the basis of this limited capacity of us mere humans - "hupersons" - to have this facility, and then to be able to give a response to something that has not yet happened. As nothing has yet happened and no commitment has been made in relation to the $150,000 that has been referred to, then I cannot give a more appropriate answer than that.
Schools Administration
MR MOORE: My question is directed to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education, just for a small change. With reference to the article in this morning's paper headed "More control for schools", could the Minister explain the projected savings, both in money and staff, that are expected to be made with this shift in administrative responsibility from administration to schools?
MR WHALAN: Mr Speaker, it is not appropriate, I think, to talk about the development of self-management in schools in terms of savings in either resources or staff. It is probably more appropriate to think of it in terms of increasing the benefits to the school community, the opportunities that are there for the school community to determine their own priorities and to derive a greater satisfaction from their involvement in the educational process.
The Government has always believed that schools should manage their own affairs as far as practicable and within the context of government policies and priorities. The
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