Page 933 - Week 03 - Thursday, 14 March 1991
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Extremely positive preliminary negotiations have been held with principals to establish the principles and practice that govern the operation of high schools and with groups of parents and groups of students and parents to discuss rights and responsibilities. A draft education plan for high schools is currently being prepared. The draft will form the basis of the consultation phase of this project. The process of consultation will be led by a reference group made up of principals and representatives from community groups. The high school education plan has been scheduled for completion by the end of this month.
Psychiatric Day Care Centre
MRS GRASSBY: My question is to the Minister for Health. I asked part of this question only yesterday, so I am sure he will remember. Following on from his answer on the relocation of the psychiatric day care unit, will the services currently shared with the psychiatric unit at Woden be duplicated at the new location or will the users of the day care unit have to go without these services in this new location? When I say "services", will they have services such as the bus that is used for these people for touring, and every other service?
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, the question Mrs Grassby asks, I think, was covered at least partly by my response yesterday. I spoke about some services being reproduced at the new location. I think I mentioned kitchen services. It may be that other things presently available at the hospital would need to be made available to the new location for the psychiatric day care centre. If that is the case, that need will be examined very carefully.
I cannot say to Mrs Grassby whether that plan has been confirmed yet and the details worked out. As I indicated, there is still some negotiation and some discussion to go on before the Government actually sets in concrete, as it were, the details of that plan. I imagine, for example, that the bus that presently is provided to that service will continue to be available. I will take on notice anything about that question on which I cannot provide details right now and get back to Mrs Grassby with them.
Anti-Discrimination Legislation
MS MAHER: My question is to the Deputy Chief Minister. I understand that the period for public comment on the discrimination Bill closed on 22 February 1991. Would the Minister care to comment on the response to the Bill?
Ms Follett: They hate it. We can tell you that. It is rubbish.
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