Page 1398 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 26 September 1989
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Education
To the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory.
The petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly -
That in the proposed budget of the Australian Capital Territory Government there are plans to cut millions of dollars from public education. These cuts will critically undermine the standard of public education in this Territory in a number of ways including:
cutting out reading recovery programs;
decreasing course options;
increasing class sizes;
eliminating professional support for preschools;
decreasing all counselling and support services;
cutting such vital programs as English as a second language.
Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to:
Resist all budget proposals which cut funding to public education in the Australian Capital Territory.
by Ms Maher (from 60 citizens) and by Mr Moore (from 4,376 citizens).
Planning Laws
To the Speaker and members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory.
The petition of the retailers of the CBD draws to the attention of the Assembly:
Retailers in the CBD support the development of the old Canberra Times site.
The Supreme Court decision of 21 July, if allowed to stand, exposes glaring inadequacies in the planning and development laws of the ACT. The ruling failed to consider the consequences for the ACT retail industry, in that businesses could be denied the patronage of up to 650 people who would work in the Concrete Constructions building when completed.
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