Page 2302 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 1 November 1989
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recently. Can the Minister advise whether the street lighting will be upgraded as a matter of priority?
MRS GRASSBY: Thank you, Mr Jensen. I am glad you got my title right. We did have a check of all street lighting in Canberra, which showed that there is the amount of lighting that there should be. As you said that you have had complaints from the residents in that area and they still feel the lighting is not appropriate, I will have my department look at that again and I will get back to you. If it does need more lighting, we will look at putting more lighting in.
MR JENSEN: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. My understanding was that the Minister has been contacted by the residents. My question really related to the degree of consultation or contact which she has had with the residents and what she proposes to do about it.
MRS GRASSBY: Mr Jensen, I have not had the letter yet, unless it went to the department. It has not come across my desk yet, but I will definitely look into it. As I say, the lighting in the car parks and all the other areas was queried in a question from Mrs Nolan earlier in the sitting of the parliament. I had lighting checked around Canberra at that stage, and it was adequate. But, as you say, in that area there are already complaints. I will have it checked again and, if we find that it is not adequate, we will contact the residents who you tell me have written to me and we will do something about it.
Hospitals
MR HUMPHRIES: My question is addressed to the Minister for Community Services and Health. The Government has said it would seek assistance from the Federal Government in the redevelopment of the hospital system. Did the Minister consult with the Federal Government over the future of Canberra's hospital system prior to the making of this decision announced yesterday? If he did, what was the Federal Government's reaction to the Minister's proposals? In the interests of full public debate, to which the Minister has already referred today, will he table a summary of those consultations? If he did not consult with the Federal Government, why did he fail to do so, given the vital importance, indeed the absolute necessity, of Federal funding if this hospital redevelopment is to proceed?
MR BERRY: One of the very good points about question time in this house - it might be bad from the questioner's point of view, but it is good for the one who receives the question - is that you really cannot be instructed on how to answer the question. In terms of the question you asked, I would just like to make it clear - all these points are public knowledge, and I am sure that you are aware of them - that the Government did inherit a rundown ACT health system from the Commonwealth.
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