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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 1 Hansard (28 April) . . Page.. 18 ..

The petition read as follows:

To the Speaker and Members of the 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 "people whose first language is not English, that is, students of English at the Canberra Institute of Technology, will not have English classes at CIT in second semester and as migrant and refugee students, we cannot speak and write English properly. We cannot get jobs and our future depends on our English classes at CIT. We understand that there are no plans for English classes in place for Semester 2 at any of the new employment providers for FLEX. The students at CIT are very worried about our future because as migrant students we have only one hope that after we get a proper education, we will get jobs and can serve this country in much better ways. Now the future of migrants and refugees is in doubt and it is a dilemma for us".

Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to: look into how we can continue with English classes under the new employment arrangements.

The petition read as follows:

To the Speaker and Members of the 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 bus services at school are -

too crowded

lateness to school

route is too long.

Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to: change the situation.

Petitions received.

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