Page 3717 - Week 14 - Wednesday, 9 December 1992
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MS FOLLETT: I thank Ms Szuty for the question, Madam Speaker, and I am happy to provide an answer. I realise that members may not be totally enamoured of the answer. Certainly, the Government takes the motion that was passed in this Assembly very seriously and we have done from the start. We had seconded a very senior officer to undertake this task; I understand that that officer had also undertaken some consultation on the project and had established a method by which he wanted to progress it. Unfortunately, that officer has had a period in hospital and has been quite ill. This has caused something of a hiatus in continuation of the report.
That work has since been picked up and the first stage of the report is now very close to completion. I will most certainly be tabling it in the Assembly this week or next week, I can assure members. All I can say, Madam Speaker, is that I do apologise for the fact that it is a little late, but we are rectifying that situation as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, the circumstances which led to its being late were not within our control, but they have now been sorted out.
Bonython - High School Students
MR CORNWELL: My question is addressed to the Minister for Education. I ask: Why are pupils from Bonython Primary School being directed to Kambah High School, which on my calculations is four-and-a-half kilometres from the south of the suburb of Bonython, after previously being advised by your department in a publication delivered to all households in the area that Calwell High School served the suburb of Bonython? Will buses be provided to transport these students, and for how long is it intended that they should attend Kambah High before they can transfer to the proposed Lanyon High?
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, this is a matter of some administrative detail. I will acquire the information and let the member know.
Nolan Gallery Collection
MR LAMONT: My question is also addressed to Minister Wood and concerns the collection in the Nolan Gallery. What will happen to that collection at the Nolan Gallery now that Sir Sidney Nolan has died?
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, the question is one of general interest, not just in Canberra but more widely. It is appropriate, first of all, to express appreciation of the late Sir Sidney Nolan permitting the collection to be located in the ACT and regret at his death. Members should listen to these words because there are some matters to be worked through, as you will understand: At present the Nolan Gallery owns 144 works by Sir Sidney Nolan; 142 of those were donated to the people of Australia by Sir Sidney over a period of years, beginning in 1975. These 142 works, though in the gallery, are owned by the Commonwealth on behalf of the people of Australia. Sir Sidney specifically chose the works for the collection with the Nolan Gallery location at Lanyon in mind.
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