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The ACT scheme is being conducted by a professional motorcycle rider training school named "Stay upright" on behalf of the Government on an administrative basis pending the successful passage of this Bill.
The nine-hour training course includes both theory and practical riding skills. An additional six-hour training course is being considered for persons who cannot, after the basic nine hours of training, demonstrate an adequate level of riding skills to achieve a motorcycle licence.
The Government is aware that many young people choose motorcycles because they offer a comparatively inexpensive means of transport. Funds were allocated in the 1989-90 budget to subsidise the cost of this course to the student to ensure that no persons are unduly disadvantaged. The cost of the course is $140, of which the student pays $60, which is similar to that charged for government operated schemes in other states.
This initiative is part of a much wider driver and rider licensing package of reforms, including provisional licences, which is currently being considered by the Government. It is hoped that these measures will reduce the carnage on our roads and particularly the waste of young lives lost through inexperience of the road environment. I commend the Bill to the Assembly and present the explanatory memorandum for the Bill.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Grassby) adjourned.
ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVES AND PROGRAM
Ministerial Statement and Paper
Debate resumed from 7 December 1989, on motion by Mr Collaery:
That the Assembly takes note of the following paper:
Alliance Government's objectives and program -
Ministerial statement, 7 December 1989.
MS FOLLETT (Leader of the Opposition) (8.13): I have responded to that paper, Mr Speaker.
MR COLLAERY (Deputy Chief Minister) (8.13): Mr Speaker, the Chief Minister rightly described the Alliance program in his address on 7 December as historic and one which would lead the Government forward in its vision for the ACT. He outlined our vision for Canberra for the next two and a half years:
A territory that has financial security, a territory that has no debt, a territory that encourages competition, a community that encourages excellence -
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