Page 6186 - Week 19 - Tuesday, 17 December 1991
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MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, members will be aware that there has been a merit selection process going on to select the Auditor-General. That process has concluded, but at this point I should say that a recommendation has not been put before the Government. It is certainly my intention that we consider that at the first opportunity, and an announcement will be made at that time.
MR KAINE: I ask a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. Does the Chief Minister really believe that less than 14 days' notice as to whether we are to have an Auditor-General on 1 January or not is good enough?
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, we will certainly have somebody in the position of Auditor-General on 1 January.
Abortion
MR STEVENSON: My question is directed to the Health Minister, Mr Berry. Will Mr Berry state whether or not he has held discussions or he is aware of secret or confidential discussions held with representatives of certain women's groups in the ACT resulting in an agreement being reached to establish free abortion clinics in the ACT, and whether or not the Government has a policy on abortions and, if so, what it is?
MR BERRY: The Government has made no decision on an abortion clinic in the ACT.
MR STEVENSON: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. I asked Mr Berry whether or not meetings had been held that he was aware of.
MR BERRY: You are entitled to ask me about Executive policy, and I have told you that the Government has made no decision on the matter.
Decade of Landcare Plan
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, my question is addressed to Mr Wood as Minister for Planning and is a follow-up question to that asked by Mr Jensen earlier in question time. It has to do with the ACT Decade of Landcare Plan. The steering committee for the Decade of Landcare Plan, of course, consists of people who are primarily not members of the bureaucracy or members of any department. My understanding of the matter raised by Mr Jensen is that the original final draft of section 16.6 contained a recommendation to establish a body to oversee the implementation, monitoring, evaluation of the Decade of Landcare Plan and to advise the Government on land care matters in the ACT. Yet the final document that you tabled had something quite different - that the Environment and Conservation Division be
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