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Tuesday, 16 February 1993
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MADAM SPEAKER (Ms McRae) took the chair at 2.30 pm and read the prayer.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO MEMBER
Motion (by Mr Lamont) agreed to:
That leave of absence from 16 to 19 February 1993 inclusive be given to Ms Ellis.
PETITION
The Clerk: The following petition has been lodged for presentation:
By Mrs Grassby, from 24 residents, requesting that the Assembly call on the Government to immediately reinstate ACT low income earners' entitlements to receive the school clothing allowance and free school bus passes for their children, and that the Government engage in proper community consultation as part of a thorough review of both programs.
The terms of this petition will be recorded in Hansard and a copy referred to the appropriate Minister.
Low Income Families - School Entitlements
The petition read as follows:
To the Speaker and Members of the ACT Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory.
The petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly that the School Clothing Allowance entitlement for low income families administered by the ACT Government has been cancelled and that children of low income earners, who previously received a free school bus pass are no longer provided with one if, for primary school children, they live within one kilometre or, for secondary school children they live within two kilometres of the school.
Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to call on the ACT Government to immediately re-instate ACT Low Income Earners entitlements to receive the school clothing allowance and free school bus passes for their children, and further request that the ACT Government engage in a proper community consultation as a part of a thorough review of both programs.
Petition received.
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