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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
ACT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
QUESTION NO 166
Youth Outreach Worker Program
Mrs Grassby asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services
(1) Is it true that you were not consulted before the Minister for Finance and Urban Services axed the Youth Outreach Worker Program.
(2) - How can you maintain your alleged commitment to overcoming the problems of youth in the ACT when you have failed to stand up to the Minister for Finance and Urban Services by demanding the reinstatement of the Youth Outreach Worker Program.
Mr Collaery - the answer to the Members question is as follows:
( I ) Earlier this year, due to the urgent need to reduce Government expenditure, the Chief Minister and Treasurer advised all Ministers that initiatives of the Follett Government that had not yet been implemented would not proceed. It was in this context that the Youth Outreach Worker Program was cancelled .
(2) My commitment to overcoming the problems of youth in the ACT is real and accepted by the many ACT community groups with whom I have had dealings. The Alliance Government has made considerable progress in developing a co-ordinated and constructive response to the problems and needs of young people including housing, welfare and unemployment. The Government recognises that the long term unemployed and young people with reduced employment prospects frequently have multiple problems that require resolution.
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