Page 4864 - Week 16 - Tuesday, 26 November 1991
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MR JENSEN: I ask a supplementary question. In view of the fact that there was no clear indication in the answer given by the Minister that the positions have been identified, I ask: Does the Minister believe that there is sufficient time now to enable the salaries budget of the Health Department to be met, or are we likely to see another blow-out in the health budget?
MR BERRY: The supplementary question, Mr Speaker, was very much the same as the initial question, and it requires the same answer. Mr Jensen again seeks to interfere, I suggest, in the process of - - -
Mr Humphries: He wants to know what is going on. That is his prerogative. He is a member of parliament. He is entitled to know.
MR BERRY: May I have a bit of order, Mr Speaker?
MR SPEAKER: Yes, Mr Berry. Please proceed.
Mr Kaine: We would like a bit of ministerial responsibility. When are we going to get that?
MR BERRY: You will get all the ministerial responsibility that you can stand, Mr Kaine. Coping with competent and loyal Ministers is something that you would not be able to manage.
Mr Jensen: Mr Speaker, I take a point of order on the grounds of relevance.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Jensen. Please come to your conclusion, Mr Berry.
MR BERRY: In relation to staffing questions, I say again to Mr Jensen that the Board of Health have said to me that they will deliver on the budget, and I accept their undertaking.
Non-Government School Funding
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, my question is addressed to the Minister for Education. I understand from media reports that the Minister has agreed to conduct an inquiry into the funding of non-government education in the ACT. I welcome that change of heart by the Government. I wonder why yesterday it was too late for an inquiry, when today it is not. My question is: Who will conduct this inquiry, and what will its terms of reference be?
MR WOOD: I have not put out a media report as such, save in the sense of giving an interview to one of the television stations ahead of the MPI. I will debate these matters in the MPI discussion, Mr Humphries.
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