Page 784 - Week 05 - Thursday, 6 July 1989
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available for use from August this year until February 1990, with the effect that training for the Commonwealth Games will be disrupted, no athletics competitions on a world-class track will be possible in Canberra for 1989-90, and the International Wheelchair Games scheduled for January 1990 will be prevented?
MR WHALAN: Mr Speaker, I thank Mr Jensen for the question. The negotiations with the various athletics groups, which were outlined in question time yesterday, have always been on the understanding that the redevelopment and upgrading of the warm-up track at the Australian Institute of Sport would be completed in time for the commencement of next season's athletic activities, and that, as I understand it, was always to be from the end of September. The program in relation to the redevelopment of Bruce Stadium was that it would be ready for the beginning of the football season in 1990. It is my understanding that there has been no departure from those dates.
Construction Industry
MR STEFANIAK: My question is directed to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. It is about the redundancy payment scheme in the building industry. Will the Government authorise the Long Service Leave Board to establish a construction and housing industry redundancy trust fund in the Territory, to save an estimated $6m per year from the building industry flowing out of the Territory into interstate schemes if such a local scheme is not established?
MR WHALAN: Mr Speaker, this issue is under active consideration by the Government, which essentially has two options available to it. One is to participate in one of the existing operating schemes and the other is the possibility of using the administrative processes and resources of the building industry long service leave. It has yet to make a decision. The points which the member has made will be among the issues that will be taken into account in arriving at a decision.
Secondary Schools
MR WOOD: Mr Speaker, I direct a question to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. It reflects my interest, during the election campaign and earlier, in a report from the Schools Authority concerning high schools which we all identified as an area that needs attention. Can the Minister give any comments about that report and what outcomes there may be from it?
MR WHALAN: The report in relation to high schools is titled "Cohesion, Coordination and Communication". It is a
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