Page 3996 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 5 December 2007
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Occupational Health and Safety Council (Acting Employer Representative) Appointment 2007 (No 2)—Disallowable Instrument DI2007-283 (LR, 15 November 2007).
Occupational Health and Safety Council (Acting Employer Representative) Appointment 2007 (No 3)—Disallowable Instrument DI2007-284 (LR, 15 November 2007).
Occupational Health and Safety Council (Acting Employer Representative) Appointment 2007 (No 4)—Disallowable Instrument DI2007-285 (LR, 15 November 2007).
Public Place Names Act—
Public Place Names (Braddon) Determination 2007 (No 1)—Disallowable Instrument DI2007-268 (LR, 15 November 2007).
Public Place Names (City) Determination 2007 (No 1)—Disallowable Instrument DI2007-289 (LR, 19 November 2007).
Road Transport (General) Act—Road Transport (General) (Application of Road Transport Legislation) Declaration 2007 (No 5)—Disallowable Instrument DI2007-270 (LR, 14 November 2007).
Road Transport (Offences) Regulation—Road Transport (Offences) (Declaration of Holiday Period) Determination 2007 (No 1)—Disallowable Instrument DI2007-291 (LR, 23 November 2007).
Utilities Act—Utilities Exemption 2007 (No 3)—Disallowable Instrument DI2007-287 (LR, 19 November 2007).
Schools—closures
Debate resumed.
MR PRATT (Brindabella) (5.06): I think I have got about seven minutes left. We were talking earlier about Kambah high school in the Tuggeranong valley. We were talking about the stepping into the limelight program that they ran the other day, which—
Mr Barr: A good initiative of the minister for education that that happened, wasn’t it?
MR PRATT: I do not know that you were even there, were you, minister?
Mr Barr: Yes, I attended the performance. It was my initiative.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR PRATT: Did you? Well, good on you. I hope you were not thrown out by a very angry community. That is very good. The question is: will this government really save the money that they are looking for in their closures or is it short-term gain but for long-term loss? The question you have to ask is: what is the use of saving funds to be allegedly focused on so-called priority education programs if in the process of saving that funding the government irreparably damages the local fabric of community and society? That is the issue that I raise here in relation to, shall we call it, the northern end of the Tuggeranong valley. Certainly with the closure of Kambah high school and
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