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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 5 Hansard (13 May) . . Page.. 1295 ..

MS McRAE: Will the former SWOW premises be made available for community use?

MR KAINE: I have to say, Mr Speaker, that I have no idea of the future of the former SWOW premises. As far as I know, they have not yet been handed over to my department. Indeed, that will depend on the Minister for Education when he feels he has no further use for them. At this stage it is not a matter for discussion.

MR SPEAKER: Do you have a supplementary question, Ms McRae?

MS McRAE: Perhaps Mr Stefaniak can assist Mr Kaine. Can either Minister, any Minister - I do not care which - confirm that the building - - -

Mrs Carnell: For how long did you have Holder High empty? Three years.

MS McRAE: I am asking about the SWOW premises and I would like to know the answer. I suspect that nobody knows, so they are going to keep interjecting to prevent the question from being asked.

MR SPEAKER: In that case you do not need to ask the question, do you? You can sit down.

MS McRAE: Can any Minister confirm that this building is not just going to be handed over to the Raiders?

MR STEFANIAK: I can do that. I think I can safely say, so far as it is an education facility, Ms McRae, that I certainly have absolutely no intention of handing it over to the Raiders. It is interesting, Ms McRae. I was talking to Kevin Neil about three weeks ago and the Raiders are not remotely interested in it. He told me that at the time.

Public Service - Executive Salaries

MS TUCKER: My question is for Mrs Carnell. I refer to comments made by you in the media and in the Assembly today. Is it not misleading to the community to suggest that all executive salaries are set by an independent tribunal when you have said today that that is not the case as far as Territory-owned corporations are concerned?

MRS CARNELL: Chief executive officers, Mr Speaker, in my view, are not public servants under that piece of legislation, as I understand it, and I could be wrong. Obviously, they have their salary packages set by the boards that are in place. That was the case under the previous Government. It is the case everywhere. If you have a chief executive of a Territory-owned corporation, the board of directors sets the salary.

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