Page 6181 - Week 19 - Tuesday, 17 December 1991
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MR JENSEN: I ask a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. In view of the answer by the Minister, did the Minister request of the officials who provided him with the copy to table whether there had been any changes made to the document that was put to him for tabling? If not, why not?
MR WOOD: The document came back to me. This is the document. I saw it. It was a substantial document. I was not particularly aware of any changes; but you would well know, Mr Jensen, that these things undergo quite a process, and that should not be surprising.
Tourism Commission
MRS NOLAN: Mr Speaker, my question is addressed to the Chief Minister in her capacity as Minister for tourism. I refer the Chief Minister to the advertisement that was placed in the paper for the Chief Executive Officer's position. The closing date for applications was 19 December. Is it proposed that the process observed for the Chief Executive Officer's position will be similar to last time - the tourist commissioners will determine the appointment and it will be ratified by government? Will that be done as quickly as possible, or do we assume that it cannot be done until after April?
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, Mrs Nolan has raised an interesting question. Indeed, I saw the advertisement for the Chief Executive Officer myself. My first view of it was that it ought to be resolved as quickly as possible, although, Mr Speaker, I think the commission and, I must say, the ACT Administration have been very well served indeed by Mr Lawrance while he has been in that position temporarily.
Mr Speaker, I would have to speak with the Tourism Commission on what sorts of arrangements they want made. I know the arrangements that they made last time for the interviewing and selection of the Chief Executive Officer. They have not advised me of any arrangements that they want made and, of course, I think it would be best if I were to check with them whether they want to have the same process as last time or to do something new. It is a public service position and it is, therefore, not one that would come under major appointments arrangements that we have made or that we have proposed for the caretaker period of government. I would expect that it would proceed with all due speed and, because it is a public service appointment, that it would not be held up because of those caretaker arrangements.
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