Page 200 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 13 February 1991
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Mr Berry: No. It is private members' business. Other government members might wish to speak. They complained about the question being put earlier.
Leave not granted.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, if that is the way that Mr Berry wants it, that is fine.
Motion (by Mr Kaine) agreed to:
That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent Mr Humphries from having an extension of time.
MR HUMPHRIES: Obviously, Mr Speaker, the claims by those opposite that they really wanted to hear from the Government were rather hollow claims, were they not? I will continue. I was quoting Mr Chris Philbrick, of the Curtin Primary School Parents and Citizens Association:
Mr Dooley also had to suffer physical and verbal abuse in implementing government policy.
... this community is extremely grateful for the high level of communication they -
that is the officers concerned -
provided.
Mr Speaker, I table the following letter:
School closures - Copy of letter from the Secretary, Curtin Primary School Parents and Citizens Association, to Mr Humphries (Minister for Health, Education and the Arts).
Mr Speaker, I think it is also worth just briefly running through some of the progress we have made in government, some of the things that Mr Wood claims are not evident but which, in fact, are indications of our success in education. A school review process is presently under way. That process involves polling parents about their level of satisfaction with the school system. From the sound of those opposite, you would think that primary school education was in a state of utter and complete turmoil. I want to draw to the house's attention the fact that the polling done already on primary school education in the ACT indicates a level of satisfaction; that is, parents' agreement that they are satisfied or highly satisfied with the primary education of their children stands at over 90 per cent. In other words, over 90 per cent of parents in this Territory who have children at primary school are either satisfied or highly satisfied with the progress and quality of education provided to their children. So much for the system - - -
Mr Wood: What was the date on that?
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