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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 7 Hansard (24 June) . . Page.. 2023 ..

MS REILLY: This one actually has orange and grey shading in it, Mr Speaker.

Mr Kaine: They do that so that you can read the pictures.

MS REILLY: Even the pictures are quite special, in the sense of the colouring. There is nothing wrong with the quality of the production; but you are left wondering why it needs such elaborate printing to get across a message that is important for those that are living there, important for the carers and important for the staff. It would be interesting to know the printing costs. I understand that the Department of Health has some other pretty documents as well; but they are yellow and blue. I have seen only one of those. I am not sure how many of those extend there, but they are also of that same very elaborate, very colourful production on quite heavy, shiny paper. It is a lot of paper for getting a message across to people that live and work in the disability services houses.

One further matter is to bring attention to the lack of a youth health service in the ACT. You will note in the budget that the money from the Commonwealth - the $52,000 - will stop this year. But we have never had a separate youth service in the ACT. It would be good if we could look at that and look at the whole range of youth services in the ACT, and not have them scattered across a number of areas. There has been the positive move of the adolescent ward. You also have to look at issues around how people that may go to the adolescent ward can access mental - - -

MR SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired.

Ms Reilly: May I have a short extension, Mr Speaker?

MR SPEAKER: You have already had one.

Ms McRae: You can have your second 10 minutes now.

Ms Reilly: May I have my second 10 minutes, Mr Speaker?

MR SPEAKER: That is right. Go ahead.

Ms McRae: And you can have an extension.

Ms Reilly: I have only a couple of bits.

MR SPEAKER: Do not keep having a little private conversation over there. Get on with it.

MS REILLY (6.26): I was talking about youth health services and getting an integrated youth health service, which has been set up in other States. Over the years there was money available. For some reason, the ACT missed out, as we quite often do, being small. This is something that we need to give attention to. It is a service that we need to look at setting up in the ACT.

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