Page 848 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 13 March 1991
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This plan will provide a framework for decision making and resources allocation for the public school system in this Territory. The plan lays the groundwork for the need for change, including strategies that refer to school based management, changes in schooling structure, and efficiency in the use of human and financial resources. The plan details clear measures of performance progress towards achievement of the goals. It will be reviewed annually and the action plan will be updated.
I think, Mr Speaker, it could be described as a positive step in refocusing schools' and the community's attention on the provision of educational services. It focuses on curriculum, the classroom environment, quality of teachers and their teaching, supported by quality leadership and management.
Hospital Services Budget
MRS GRASSBY: My question is to Mr Kaine, the Chief Minister and Treasurer. The Treasury report on the current hospital budget blow-out identifies $3.5m caused by non-payment of accounts in 1989 to 1990. Who was left unpaid at June 1990, and when were they paid? What was the impact on their business?
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, it is a fairly absurd question. It has been reported, and the Minister for Health has under investigation, that it has been said that there was $3.5m worth of bills in the hospital system.
Mr Connolly: The Minister said it.
MR KAINE: Yes.
Mr Connolly: It is his justification for the blow-out.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR KAINE: And he has also told you that he is investigating it, so I am amazed that you would ask me the question when it is under investigation by another Minister. I keep repeating that, if you want the answers to your questions, you should address them to the proper Minister. He has already told you that there is a potential problem; he has already told you that he has it under investigation. I am quite sure that, when that investigation is finished, if he has anything that he thinks you ought to know he will tell you. I do not know how Mrs Grassby expects me to carry around in my mind the details of every bill processed in the hospital system, and some that happened over a year ago. Quite clearly, I cannot answer that question. Quite clearly, it is the responsibility of the Minister for Health to answer it. He has it under investigation, and I suggest that you just wait patiently until he gives you a report on his investigation.
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