Page 785 - Week 05 - Thursday, 6 July 1989
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working paper prepared for the Chief Education Officer by a group of secondary school principals. It addresses a number of areas in which improvements in the operation of ACT high schools are possible.
The report has been distributed to the Canberra educational community for discussion, and responses are due by the middle of this month. The Chief Education Officer has not yet responded to the report. He wishes to canvass the views of the wider educational community on the issues raised before considering the specific recommendations contained in the report.
The Government is concerned that ACT public schools offer the best education possible to their students. Given the concerns expressed in the community about ACT high schools, the Government will pay close attention to the outcomes of this particular question.
Legislative Program
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, my question is addressed to the Chief Minister. In line with her policy of open government, will she undertake to provide the opposition parties with a weekly or fortnightly legislative program, as happens in Federal Parliament, or does she intend to keep the Assembly members in the dark about her Government's legislative program, assuming, that is, that she has one?
MS FOLLETT: I thank Mr Humphries for the question. Also, I believe it is an occasion to wish him a happy birthday. I hope that, as part of our birthday present to him, we will indeed be able to provide him with a legislative program in due course. It is something to which the Government is giving consideration now.
Mr Humphries: Can I share it with the others?
MS FOLLETT: You can share it with as many people as you like and blow out the candles if you wish, but I will certainly be happy to provide it to you and to update it regularly as soon as it has been drawn up.
Driving Licences
DR KINLOCH: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to the Chief Minister as Treasurer, but Mr Berry, the Minister for Community Services and Health, may have a concern and interest in this question. Recently the regulations for the licensing of drivers over the age of 70 were changed to require those drivers to have annual medical examinations in order to have their licences renewed.
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