Page 2642 - Week 12 - Thursday, 16 November 1989
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MS FOLLETT: Indeed it was, Mr Kaine, and always will be, some more so than others. It is a matter that the Government has under consideration. We have not reached any particular conclusions on it. I would be most interested to hear if members of the Assembly have any particular views on how we might proceed.
Mrs Grassby: Let's have a competition.
MS FOLLETT: The involvement of the public would be crucial in getting a truly Canberra flag and something that everybody can identify with and learn to love. A public competition of some description is obviously an attractive proposition, but it is not something we have firm decisions on. Perhaps it is time we looked at it.
Hospitals Review
MR STEFANIAK: My question is directed to the Chief Minister. Yesterday the Chief Minister quoted figures from an interim report produced by a Treasury review team that is looking into financial problems in ACT public hospitals. Will the Chief Minister table this report so that the community can be fully informed about the financial position of our hospitals and unwarranted speculation can be put to an end? If she is not prepared to table the report, can she inform the house why not?
MS FOLLETT: In replying to the question, I would like to make two points. First of all, it is an interim report that I have received from the Treasury on its ongoing investigation in the financial area of the hospitals. It is an interim report. What it contains is not finalised, and work is continuing. Secondly, the entire contents of that report were made public by me yesterday in speaking to the matter of public importance. That is all there was. The draft Hansard I believe is available. If you have got that, you have got everything I have got, and I do not believe, therefore, it is necessary to table the actual report. Indeed, it is not a report; it is a minute. So I will give you that undertaking.
Asbestos Removal
MS MAHER: My question is directed to the Minister for Housing and Urban Services. On 14 November I asked her what was the maximum amount so far spent on any one individual property to remove asbestos, and the answer that I received was as follows:
The maximum amount spent so far on any one property, excluding trial houses where procedures are still being tested, is $55,443.
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