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public health system in order that the interests of low income workers in this country can be well served. We should see to it that families stay together so that our most valuable asset - our youth - is not given reason to go out on the streets because of family housing problems. I welcome the support given by members on this issue.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion (by (Mr Whalan) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Schools Office
MR MOORE (4.22): I would just like to make a couple of little points. In question time the Deputy Chief Minister suggested that it was my intention to see, by the line of my questioning, the sacking of teachers and staff members from the Schools Office. On the contrary, I made it quite clear through the press that the methodology that I was looking at was moving teachers back into the schools, to the students, where they belong. A similar comment was made by Mr Berry about the crisis in hospitals where I was actually quoting a particular article.
A further point, Mr Speaker, is that throughout my life I have maintained that I would prefer to be called Michael Moore, not Mr Moore, and I would be very pleased in the house if people would be prepared to use my name rather than a title.
A member: No worries, Michael.
MR MOORE: Thank you. I said I would be pleased.
Very Fast Train
MRS NOLAN: I, too, wanted to make a couple of statements in relation to the VFT, a topic that came up during question time. As we heard today from the Chief Minister, the Government has a policy neither on the VFT nor on the EIS in relation to the VFT.
The very fast train project has potential to bring enormous benefits to Canberra and Australia as a whole, yet the Government of this Assembly has to date failed to take a definite stance in regard to it. Given the enormity of the VFT project and Canberra's chance to be the control link in it, I ask the Labor Party to register its support. The
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