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MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE

24 OCTOBER 1990

Hospital Redevelopment Project

MRS GRASSBY: ON 27 SEPTEMBER 1990 THE A.F.C.C. WERE NOTIFIED OF THEIR APPOINTMENT AS CONSULTANTS TO COORDINATE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ON THE A.C.T. PUBLIC HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. WHY WAS THAT CONTRACT CANCELLED THREE WEEKS LATER?

MY ANSWER IS:

DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS REGARDING A POSSIBLE ROLE FOR THEM IN THE COORDINATION OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ON THE HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. HOWEVER IT WAS DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED WITH THIS APPROACH TO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COORDINATION ON THE PROJECT.

IT WAS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE THAT ANY COORDINATION OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BEYOND THAT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE RANGE OF EMPLOYER BODIES REPRESENTING THE CONTRACTORS ON SITE BE CARRIED OUT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS GROUP OF THE CHIEF MINISTERS DEPARTMENT.

NO CONTRACT WAS EVER SIGNED WITH THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS.

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