Page 2563 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 15 November 1989
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continue against its democratically elected representative? Does the ACT nurses' representative on the board have the Minister's full confidence?
MR BERRY: I thank Mr Stefaniak for that very interesting question but it seems to me that it is a question that he should be asking of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation. In terms of the election of the person on the board, that was a matter for the staff at the hospital, as I understand it. The important thing for any representative who goes through any election process is that he or she has the support of the staff. I would say that the election of that person, of course, was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the day.
Mr Humphries: Did she have your support?
MR BERRY: I think my support is irrelevant. The question is probably out of order anyway because it asks for an opinion of mine, and I think that is totally irrelevant.
MR STEFANIAK: I ask a supplementary question. Perhaps I will read the last part of my question again to the Minister. I said:
Will the Minister allow this union interference to continue against its democratically elected representative? Does the ACT nurses' representative on the board have the Minister's full confidence.
That is quite different from what the Minister is stating.
MR BERRY: I do not know of any interference by the union with the person on the board. If Mr Stefaniak wants to raise anything specific with me, I would be pleased to look at it again. As I said, I do not know of any interference. In terms of my support for the person on the board, I think I have made the position clear. It is an issue about my opinion and I think that any question that asks my opinion is, in accordance with the standing orders, out of order.
ACT Commemorative Medallions
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. But, before I ask it, I will acknowledge the presence of members of class 5/6M from Campbell Primary School and welcome them to the gallery.
I refer to a decision by the Government some time ago to award commemorative medallions to school children in the ACT at a time when it was felt that self-government for the Territory should be commemorated. I understand that the end of the school year is only a matter of weeks away. Can the Minister say exactly when school children can expect to
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