Page 1836 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 19 August 1992
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Mr Humphries: Like what?
MR BERRY: You had better go and have a talk to Mr Howe. He is the one that has made these suggestions.
Department of Education and Training - Secretary
MS SZUTY: Madam Speaker, my question without notice is to the Minister for Education, Mr Wood. It has been some time since the former Secretary to the Department of Education, Professor Eric Willmot, left the ACT to take up a position in South Australia. Can the Minister inform the Assembly as to when the name of the successful applicant for Professor Willmot's former position will be announced and what processes have been involved to date in the selection of his successor?
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, Ms Szuty and others should stand by for an announcement. There has been a long process, and it is - - -
Mr Kaine: We have been waiting for a long time already, Minister.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order!
MR WOOD: It is properly the case that the position was advertised in the routine way. Other expressions of interest were invited. A panel was set up. It has completed the interviewing process, and I expect that panel's report to go to Cabinet very soon. I would expect that there may be a period of perhaps some days before an announcement is made, as processes are worked through. It may be quite rapid. I do not think there will be any particular delay. The decision will go to Cabinet, I think, depending on the Cabinet timetable, very soon. Once it has been there, the announcement will be made immediately.
Construction Projects
MR DE DOMENICO: Madam Speaker, my question without notice is to the Chief Minister. It is in regard to the projected 2,000 jobs to be created through the Federal budget. I ask the Chief Minister: When will the capital works projects that will supposedly create these jobs commence? What guarantee, if any, can the Chief Minister give that the 2,000 jobs predicted for Canberra, as a result of the announced construction projects, will be filled from within the ACT?
MS FOLLETT: Madam Speaker, as far as I am concerned, those jobs will commence absolutely as soon as possible. In particular, I would like to say that, if there is anything that the ACT Government, through our planning mechanisms, can do to speed the commencement of those construction projects, it will be done. The exact commencement date is a matter clearly for the Federal Government. They are the ones who are building these buildings, and indeed - - -
Mr Kaine: Like December, 12 months perhaps?
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