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MR HUMPHRIES: I think, Mr Acting Speaker, that - - -
Mr Berry: Do you agree, or do you not?
MR HUMPHRIES: If Mr Berry will have a little bit of patience, I am sure he will be able to hear the answer. Before I answer Mr Berry's supplementary question, I might indicate that present in the chamber are students from the Metropolitan Business College and from Lyneham High School. I welcome them to this place, particularly when we are debating important issues touching on education.
To answer Mr Berry's question, I certainly agree with Dr Willmot when he says that the ACT is a lighthouse or a beacon for the rest of Australia. I think our education system is a very good one, and it will get better and better if the costs of maintaining the system are streamlined and our emphasis and our resources are placed where they are most appropriately going to produce a high quality of education. I certainly do not think that Dr Willmot was saying that we can afford to be reckless. That is not what he was - - -
Mr Berry: It is in writing.
MR HUMPHRIES: He was not implying, Mr Acting Speaker, that the ACT should be reckless; he was simply saying that the ACT is a small place with a compact system and it has, in the past, been viewed as something of a social laboratory. That is certainly not the view of this Government. This Government wants to provide stability and certainty, and in particular, a sound funding base for students in the ACT.
MR KAINE: Mr Acting Speaker, I request that any further questions be placed on the notice paper.
PAPER
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General): Mr Acting Speaker, I table for the information of members the following paper:
Co-operative Societies Act - Registrar of Co-operative Societies - Report for 1988-89.
CRIMES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE (NO. 2) 1990
Ministerial Statement and Paper
MR COLLAERY (Attorney-General), by leave: Mr Acting Speaker, I table the following paper:
Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1990.
Mr Berry: What is that for? What was that?
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