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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 3 Hansard (8 March) . . Page.. 721 ..

MR CORBELL (continuing):

school in the ACT - it has had in place for 18 years an effective program which has been able to deal with the problems of young people, to stop them falling through the cracks, and has been incredibly successful in doing so. Mr Speaker, if this Government can find $8m to race V8 supercars around the Parliamentary Triangle, it can find a small amount of money to keep the off-line program going at Stromlo.

MS CARNELL (Chief Minister) (5.18): Mr Speaker, I am pleased to tell the Assembly that the ACT Public Service booth at the Royal Canberra Show last weekend was a great success, resulting in the ACT Government winning the best community non-profit organisation display. It was the first ACT Public Service booth at the Royal Canberra Show, so it is wonderful that it won the award. The booth featured interactive and static displays and competition and health testing, as well as free Internet access, made possible through the assistance of InTACT and Telstra.

Officers from across the ACT Public Service worked at the booth over the three days of the show, having nearly 3,000 conversations with people about services and initiatives and providing people with around 9,000 promotional items about our services. Many visitors to the booth commented on the friendly and professional approach of the staff and commended the ACT Public Service for taking the proactive step of promoting key services and recent initiatives. I am sure that all members, possibly with the exception of Mr Berry, would like to congratulate and thank all of the staff involved in organising and working at the booth. It was an absolute pleasure to be there and see ACT Government employees with big smiles on their faces, obviously very proud of the job that they do.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

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