Page 2885 - Week 13 - Thursday, 23 November 1989
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Division 80.1, $50,236,300, agreed to.
Division 80.2, $3,898,600, agreed to.
Proposed expenditures - Office of Industry and Development -
Division 90.1, $40,113,400, agreed to.
Division 90.2, $600,000, agreed to.
Division 100, $5,620,800, agreed to.
Division 110, $4,472,400, agreed to.
Division 120, $7,819,600
MRS NOLAN (10.53): While the Liberal Party will obviously not be opposing this particular part of the Appropriation Bill, I would like to put it on the record that I have some very real concerns in relation to the way the money is being spent through the Canberra Tourism Development Bureau and the efficiency and effectiveness of those dollars. I would hope that we would see in the very near future that the amount of money spent in relation to administration is much less than the amount of dollars that is spent in the area of marketing this city in relation to tourism.
MR JENSEN (10.54): Mr Speaker, I wish to reiterate some comments that I have made in another place in relation to this matter. The Rally has no objection, Mr Speaker, to amounts of money being spent in the tourism area. In fact, I think it is important that that take place. However, what we do have some concern about is making sure that the dollars that are going to be spent in the promotion of Canberra are effectively spent. What is also important is that, if we are going to spend $1m - nearly $2m - on promotion, we make sure that the promotion that we do conduct hits the spot.
On that basis, therefore, Mr Speaker, it is appropriate that some form of monitoring and assessment process be established. I understand that the provision of only 5 per cent of the total budget will be made for that. I trust, Mr Speaker, that that 5 per cent is going to be well and truly efficiently spent because, as I said, it is important, if you are going to spend money, to make sure you know whether it has been effective or not.
MR WHALAN (Minister for Industry, Employment and Education) (10.55): Mr Speaker, in relation to the two speakers who have referred to the efficiency and the effectiveness of the expenditure in the Tourism Development Bureau I would just like to say that the bureau and its management are very conscious of this particular issue. They are professional managers, and I think that we can defend the percentage that is spent on administration as compared to marketing. But the most important changes which have been
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