Page 26 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 23 May 1989
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like to make the comment that the Government is concerned about the question of propriety and the question of corruption in the ACT Administration. It is our view that the public servants in the ACT Administration are performing their jobs well with great propriety and with honesty and integrity. It has come to my notice from time to time that there have been allegations that that is not the case. As far as I am aware, those allegations have not been substantiated.
JERRABOMBERRA WETLANDS
MR MOORE: In view of the Chief Minister's stated commitment to the Jerrabomberra wetlands, will the Chief Minister be seeking an immediate report on the toxic leaching effect of recent heavy rain on the Mugga Lane dump?
MS FOLLETT: As you know, my party does have a commitment to the Jerrabomberra wetlands, to their maintenance and to our realisation of their full value to the ACT environment. Mr Moore asked whether I would seek a report on that matter that he raised. The answer is yes. I will provide the Assembly with the appropriate answer at the first available opportunity.
MR MOORE: I ask a supplementary question. Will the Chief Minister ensure that her inquiries include the life span of the dump, which is understood to be seven years, and the inappropriateness of its location?
MS FOLLETT: Yes.
PRESCHOOL FEE
MR WOOD: I direct my question to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. He will recall that during the election campaign the ALP made repeated statements that it would abolish the preschool fee. Can he make any statements concerning that and the arrangements surrounding any such decision?
MR WHALAN: I thank the member for the question. I am pleased to announce that Cabinet at its meeting this morning reviewed this particular matter. As Mr Wood quite properly mentioned, it was a commitment of the Labor Party during the election campaign that we would abolish the preschool fee. At its meeting this morning, Cabinet carried a resolution abolishing the preschool fee. I might say we carried it unanimously to show how united we were on the particular matter.
The effective date of the abolition of the preschool fee is the end of term 1, 1989, which is 23 March. That date was
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