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Mr Deputy Speaker, the Chief Minister, in her tabling speech to this Assembly, said that the next householder survey would be conducted in 1995. I would hope, if this cannot be brought forward, that the Government might consider approaching members, either informally or through the Assembly process, to discuss questions that could be surveyed. I am sure that members would contribute sensible and worthwhile suggestions for questions. Members, in the course of their work in the Assembly, are in a position to identify information gaps and would, I suggest, welcome the chance to have input into this exercise in the future.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
YOUTH MINISTERS COUNCIL AND NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY
Ministerial Statement
Debate resumed from 24 August 1993, on motion by Ms Follett:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
MS SZUTY (3.50): I welcome the continuing work of the Youth Ministers Council and the formulation of the national youth policy. I agree with the Chief Minister that production of this document is a landmark in progressing the consideration of matters affecting youth at a national level. I am pleased that this very important area of national policy has seen agreement in policy formulation. The Chief Minister took some time, both in her address to the Youth Ministers Council and in presenting her report to the Assembly, in detailing the measures which have been taken by the ACT Government to progress youth issues in Canberra.
I congratulate the Government on the introduction of a youth budget, as I believe I have stated previously in the Assembly. It was high on the Chief Minister's list of achievements in the field of youth affairs and was a positive and necessary step in ensuring that we do not lose sight of the need to look at the impact of all government programs on young people. In the next budget I am looking forward to the much anticipated social justice budget statement, which I expect will address issues of concern for other people, such as the elderly and those with disabilities in our community. For the present I see the development of a special youth budget statement as a welcome move.
The national policy actually starts by expressing the principles which guide its objectives. The policy states:
The development and implementation of youth policy and programs should be based on the following principles:
EQUITY
Recognition of the rights, and associated responsibilities, of all young people to equality of opportunity and equitable distribution of services and resources.
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