Page 3357 - Week 09 - Thursday, 22 August 2019
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MR RAMSAY: Educational offerings that are the equivalent of what has been provided by the ANU are a matter for those tertiary educational institutions. I will continue to work with the legal profession in relation to that.
MR WALL: Attorney, what alternatives are or will be available for students wishing to qualify for practice as a lawyer in the ACT? Are you satisfied that there will be sufficient capacity?
MR RAMSAY: As I said, the decisions that may be available in the future will be decisions that will be made by tertiary institutions, and there are a number of those. I will continue to work with the legal profession, who have expressed their view on this, to ensure that the ongoing work of the educational institutions, and the ongoing work of the legal profession, is high. I do note that of course it is not that there has been a withdrawal of the undergraduate training for people who are seeking to receive a bachelor of law or its equivalent. There are a number of those already provided here in the ACT and beyond.
Mr Coe: Madam Speaker, I have a point of order on being directly relevant. My colleague was asking the chief law officer of the ACT what alternatives are or will be available to students wishing to qualify for practice as a lawyer in the ACT. This surely is a very important question for the chief law officer, and to date he has not answered it.
MADAM SPEAKER: The time has expired or the clock has been set, but I believe that he answered it by saying that there was a range of opportunities elsewhere and he is continuing dialogue with the sector.
ACT Health—SPIRE project
MS CODY: My question is to the Minister for Health. Minister, can you please update the Assembly on the progress of SPIRE?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I thank Ms Cody for her question and her interest in the SPIRE project, which is the largest investment in healthcare infrastructure in the history of self-government. I am very pleased to confirm that substantial progress is being made on the SPIRE project. It remains on track for construction to be completed in 2023-24.
As I have said, this project represents the ACT government’s largest ever investment in healthcare infrastructure. It will substantially transform the ACT’s healthcare system for the better. It is a complex project requiring considerable planning and consultation with clinical and stakeholder groups, including consumers, to ensure that we that deliver the best possible outcomes for the Canberra community.
There are now ten people dedicated to the project in the Major Projects Canberra team. That team is supported by other senior staff within Major Projects Canberra, including the chief projects officers, communications and governance staff. In turn, they are supported by advisory teams who have joined, or will shortly join, the
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