Page 13 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 13 February 1990
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Opposition. That budget remains in balance, although there are a lot of people feeling the pinch from it. It remains in balance and will stay in balance by the good management of the present Government. It would have been way out of balance by now, had the previous Government stayed in office. We can see the evidence for this. We can see the evidence of the problem that Dr Kinloch had to address on radio the other morning. We see the evidence of it in the TAFE students who cannot be admitted because of the budget put in place by the previous Government. We see the evidence of it, in Marymead where houses have been closed down because, by decision of the former Government, the children who should be housed there are being housed in other places under different programs. That is what management of the budget meant to the former Government, but its budget remains in balance. We are seeing the consequences of it. That budget will stay in balance and I can assure members that no program will be cut to make these minor changes in the accommodation of the members of this Assembly.
ACT for Birth Seminar
MS FOLLETT: I direct my question to Mr Kaine in his capacity as Minister responsible for the status of women. Mr Kaine, will Ms Maher be participating in the forthcoming ACT for Birth seminar on birthing centres, because of her responsibilities as Executive Deputy to the Chief Minister on the status of women?
MR KAINE: Put simply, Mr Speaker, yes.
MS FOLLETT: I ask a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. I believe that the Liberal Party, the Residents Rally and, indeed, the No Self Government Party do not actually have a policy on a birthing centre and, in fact, may well oppose the concept of a birthing centre in the ACT. So I would ask the Chief Minister where will Ms Maher be looking for policy guidance to assist her participation in that seminar?
MR KAINE: First of all, the Leader of the Opposition makes some assumptions about what we have policies on and what we do not. Our policies are being published progressively.
Ms Follett: You have not got it yet, is that right?
MR KAINE: I would like to see a lot of your policies. You were in Government for seven months and had no policies on a lot of issues. I notice that you issued a statement the other day listing your spokespeople. You consider the environment so important that you do not even have a spokesperson on it. So do not talk to me about what you consider to be omissions from my Government's policies. Both I and my executive deputy will be fully briefed on the issues. We will approach this issue on a fully informed
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