Page 1937 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 24 October 1989
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description of some rather timid questions from Mr Collaery.
Mr Collaery and Mr Jensen then had the opportunity to confirm that some leaked documents that had come into Mr Collaery's possession were copies of documents which did in fact exist on the file. So this is a demonstration of our willingness to discuss these matters through with the members opposite.
In relation to Mr Moore's question, what I would like to do in the first instance is to invite Mr Moore to sit down with me and officers. We can go through the issues and see whether we can identify specific concerns. I will then undertake to inform the house further on the matter.
Dog Control
MRS NOLAN: Again, my question is to Mrs Grassby as Minister for Housing and Urban Services. Has her department's review of all States' dog control legislation finished? What was the outcome of that review?
MRS GRASSBY: No, it has not finished. We should have that by the end of the month. I will be giving a presentation to the parliament on it and I will be very happy to give one to Mrs Nolan.
Fees for Overseas Students
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. I refer the Minister to answers provided by him or his department in the Estimates Committee the week before last, in particular to information supplied indicating that the average cost of providing a place in a government school was as follows: in the case of a high school, $3,832; in the case of a secondary college, $4,222.
I also refer the Minister to a press release he issued on 16 October in which he said in reference to the giving of places to full-fee paying students from Asian and Pacific countries:
The fees of $6,500 for years 11 and 12, and $5,500 for years 7 to 10, reflected the average cost of providing educational services and facilities for the school year.
Can the Minister explain the discrepancy between those two sets of figures and the difference between the cost of an average government school place and "the average cost of providing educational services and facilities for the school year"? If there is no difference, will the Minister
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