Page 2193 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 31 October 1989
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MRS GRASSBY: At the moment, no, we are not looking at it because we are putting a submission to the Commonwealth Government now in relation to the people who are in need and who would find it very difficult to pay for accommodation for two weeks out of their homes. We are asking the Government to come to the party in finding the $260 or $300 a week that a family may need if they have to leave their home for two weeks while the asbestos is being removed. As this is what we are asking at the moment, we think it would be a bit pre-emptive then to suggest that we take it to court. I think we should first ask nicely and then, maybe later, we can talk about those sorts of things.
Health Services
DR KINLOCH: My question is directed to the Minister for Community Services and Health. There are worries apparently amongst some members of the medical community about the ratio, in the ACT Department of Community Services and Health, of administrators on the one hand to hands-on medical and support staff on the other. You may need to take on notice a part of this question. Specifically what has that ratio been over the last 10 years? Is it true that the ratio towards administrators has been steadily on the rise? I am startled, I have to say, by the figures that were hinted at by the person who spoke to me. Is the Minister taking steps to restore the ratio so that the emphasis is on medical and support staff, rather than on administrative staff?
MR BERRY: The issue that Dr Kinloch raises has been raised here before. I think Mr Moore some time ago asked me a question about the number of administrators that there were compared with the number of other staff in the health system. I think the question requires a detailed answer, Dr Kinloch, and it would be much better, Mr Speaker, if I took that on notice and got back to Dr Kinloch and the Assembly in due course.
Traffic Accidents
MRS NOLAN: My question is addressed to the Minister for Housing and Urban Services. We all read with concern of the double fatality that occurred on the Federal Highway. The road at the accident site is a single-lane road, with a single broken centre line. Will the Minister immediately issue instructions to her department to place an unbroken double centre line extending up the hill to the crest? If not, given that the preparation for a dual carriageway in the area has been going on for some five years, what will be done to make that particular part of the road safer?
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