Page 505 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 20 February 1991
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All unnecessary schools should be closed so that ratepayers and taxpayers have less to pay for others' mistakes. PS, don't rubbish our letterboxes.
I think that just about says it all. People resent this rubbish that is being put in their letterboxes, and there is a clear opinion out there that they wish you would come and collect them and take them all away and dispose of them.
TAFE Programs
MR WOOD: It is very clear that this newsletter has had a considerable impact on the community and on the Government. They keep raising it in here. They are very unhappy about it. The ALP is delighted with the response.
I direct a question to the Chief Minister, Mr Kaine, as the Minister responsible for TAFE. Chief Minister, in view of the high level of youth unemployment in the ACT, have you discussed with ACT TAFE the need for any expansion of training or retraining programs for unemployed or displaced young people? What extra can TAFE do in this respect?
MR KAINE: No, I have not discussed that issue with the management of TAFE. We have a three-year financial arrangement with the TAFE whereby we provide certain levels of financing and they have the approval of the Government to seek additional funding from wherever they can get it on top of that, with the understanding that if they raise extra money it will not be offset against the funds that we provide.
Those available resources allow them to conduct appropriate courses. I believe that the management of the TAFE is doing a very good job in tailoring the courses that they run to meet the needs of the people that present themselves there for training. To provide additional money is not something that we can do in the short term. We have only just entered into a three-year agreement with them. There is not a lot of money around - I think even Mr Wood would acknowledge that - and I believe that the programs that the Government has implemented already, not only in education but also in other areas, are dealing as well as is possible with the local issues arising from unemployment and homelessness; and there is not much more at this stage that the Government can do, through either the TAFE or other bodies.
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