Page 849 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 13 March 1991
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MRS GRASSBY: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. Could the Chief Minister get back to me when he does have the answer to the question, please?
MR KAINE: The answer is no, Mr Speaker. I said that the responsible Minister would reply at the end of his investigation.
Lyons Primary School
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to Mr Humphries as Minister for Education. Minister, considering that the end of the first school term is imminent, and therefore the closure of Lyons Primary School is also imminent, can you tell the Assembly what, if any, arrangements have been made concerning the fate of the school in respect of the buildings themselves?
MR HUMPHRIES: No, I cannot. In fact, the fate of the school buildings themselves is not actually my responsibility. Having determined that the school should close, of course, my responsibilities as Minister for Education obviously cease when it ceases to be a school. However, I can indicate that the Government has not formed any firm intention as to what will happen with the school; but there will, of course, be a process of consultation with the community on what appropriate uses can be made of that school building when it is no longer used as a school. The normal processes will be followed in every respect, and I think Mr Moore should be patient enough to see those carried out.
Teacher Promotions
DR KINLOCH: My question is to Mr Humphries as Minister for Education. This is a rather strange thing to have to say, but I note that the New South Wales Department of School Education has recently decided to promote teachers on the basis of merit. You would have thought that for the last 200 years it would have been promoting people on the basis of merit. However, it has just decided to do this. Can the Minister please advise the Assembly on the situation regarding promotion for teachers in the ACT?
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, yes, I can. I fully understand what Dr Kinloch means when he says "a strange matter". In the ACT we are used to an arrangement whereby teachers, among others, are promoted on the basis of merit, and it comes as some surprise, I think, to discover that in other jurisdictions - in this case in New South Wales - in fact, there has not been a regime of promotion on merit. I think that it is legitimately raised in that light.
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