Page 1716 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 17 October 1989
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Water Fluoridation
MR STEVENSON: My question is directed to the Chief Minister. Would she please advise whether there have been any donations, services, gifts in kind or promises of the same made to the ALP or any ALP member of the Assembly from the Australian Dental Association, the Australian Medical Association, the confectionary or sugar industries or any industry that produces fluoride as a product, by-product or waste product.
MR SPEAKER: Order! I will make the point, Mr Stevenson, that that is a party matter and not the responsibility of the Chief Minister.
Customs and Excise Duty
MR MOORE: I address a question to the Treasurer. On Monday, 9 October, in the Estimates Committee hearing I asked a series of questions about duty payable to the Commonwealth. At that point I raised the possibility of an error, to the approximate value of $2m, in duty that we owe the Commonwealth. I can refer the Treasurer to page 153 of the transcript. Would she explain what are our responsibilities in paying duty and sales tax now that we are passing through the transitory phase from a Commonwealth department to a territorial government.
MS FOLLETT: I thank Mr Moore for the question. I assume that he is referring to the ACT Government's responsibility for paying customs and excise duty.
Mr Moore: Precisely.
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, the answer is that, like the other States and the Northern Territory, the ACT Government will be required to pay the relevant customs and excise duties and that we propose to seek supplementation for this cost to the extent that the base level of funding transferred from the Commonwealth did not actually reflect that obligation. We need to seek that supplementation, and we will be doing so.
Multiple Sclerosis
MS MAHER: My question is directed to the Minister for Community Services and Health. The Multiple Sclerosis Society of the ACT Inc. has established a number of services for its ACT members who are suffering from multiple sclerosis and other disabilities. One of the services it provides is respite care for disabled people. The respite care home was completed in February 1989 but to date has not been open to members due to the lack of funding.
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