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Public Hospital Redevelopment
MR STEFANIAK: My question is also to the Minister for Health, Education and the Arts. I understand that the Minister is going to make a statement on public hospital redevelopment this afternoon. Does the Minister's statement indicate the end of the consultation process?
MR HUMPHRIES: No, Mr Speaker, it does not indicate the end of the consultation process. As I said, I will not be answering questions generally on what the Government proposes to do with that hospital redevelopment; that is appropriately left to that statement after question time. However, I can indicate that the Government is committed to ongoing community consultation about its decision, and indeed about all its decisions. We will be moving to establish a body to oversight, on the Government's behalf, the planning, design and construction of the project.
The Government intends to include community representation on this body to ensure that broad community interests are taken into account. The Government will also be inviting the Trades and Labour Council to secure representation on that body. In the planning of the redevelopment
program and in the progressive introduction of change, trade unions and staff will be fully consulted before decisions are made about implementation.
Ageing - Committee Report
MR BERRY: My question is directed to the Chief Minister. Chief Minister, last Thursday in your ministerial statement responding to the Social Policy Committee report you said:
We will continue to make representations to the Commonwealth in relation to various income security matters affecting the ageing.
What representations has your Government made to date?
MR KAINE: The Government has not made any representations to date, Mr Speaker. We are only now considering the ramifications of the committee's report on the ageing. I tabled my response to it only last week. I talked about a five-year plan to implement the matters emerging from that. We will consult with the Commonwealth on all aspects of that report that require consultation and cooperation with the Commonwealth.
MR BERRY: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. Will the Chief Minister acknowledge that he has falsely created the impression of action in this area and that he has actually done nothing?
MR KAINE: I acknowledge nothing of the kind, Mr Speaker. Nothing that I said implied that we had entered into negotiations with the Commonwealth.
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