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Tuesday, 26 November 1991
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MR SPEAKER (Mr Prowse) took the chair at 2.30 pm and read the prayer.
PETITIONS
The Clerk: The following petitions have been lodged for presentation, and copies will be referred to the appropriate Ministers:
Non-Government School Funding
TO THE SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
The petition of the undersigned shows that:
They believe that:
the decision to cut funding to the Canberra Grammar School, Canberra Church of England Girls' Grammar School and the A.M.E., without prior consultation, is unfair to parents who choose these non-government schools, and destabilising to the schools themselves.
They are concerned that:
this discriminatory attack on some parents represents a real threat to all parents who choose non-government schools for their children and contradicts the concepts of social justice and equity espoused by the Follett Government.
Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to restore to the three schools the funding in place before the Budget and to ensure that an independent inquiry is undertaken to develop an equitable system of funding for the education of all ACT children.
By Dr Kinloch (from 5,000 residents).
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