Page 987 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 31 March 1993
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MR BERRY: Madam Speaker, as is consistent, industrial relations officers travel wherever the Industrial Relations Commission requires.
Mrs Carnell: What was he doing there?
MR BERRY: He was up there in relation to the matter that was before the Industrial Relations Commission, silly. That is what he was there for. Industrial relations officers travel to Melbourne in relation to ACT matters and they travel to Sydney in relation to ACT matters. Sometimes hearings are very short. In relation to that particular matter, he had every good reason to be there. The matter has an impact on the overall commitment we have given to unions in this Territory, and I would expect industrial relations - - -
Mr De Domenico: Which unions?
MR BERRY: The 15 that have already signed up for the agreement, and others that have not thus far signed up. We have given a commitment to those unions that represent Government Service employees and we intend to stick with it. We intend to make sure that the agreement stands firm. Of course industrial relations officers would travel to Sydney. If the commissioner had said that he wanted to see them in Melbourne, they would have gone to Melbourne. The hearing was a matter which was before the commission, and the procedure, as Mr Humphries would know, as a lawyer, is that you turn up. You do not ignore the commission; you turn up and put your case in relation to the carriage of a matter.
Mrs Carnell: Why did you not ask for an adjournment?
MR BERRY: In fact, that is what happened.
Mrs Carnell: Why did you have to send someone for that?
MR BERRY: That is what happens. You ought to try it some time.
Mr Humphries: When she is a Minister she might.
MR BERRY: She never will be, so she will never get the chance. It is quite reasonable for officers from Industrial Relations and anywhere else within the government sector who are concerned with industrial matters to travel to Sydney or to Melbourne, or to any other place where the Industrial Relations Commission requires them to appear on particular matters.
Blue-Green Algae
MS ELLIS: My question is directed to the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning. What action is possible to overcome the problem of blue-green algae in ACT waterways?
MR WOOD: This is one way of getting a question, is it not? That is the question: How do you handle it? I have come into this Assembly at various times and indicated that there are situations where people should not swim in the lakes or
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