Page 292 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 20 February 1990
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MR KAINE: As I understand it, the meeting in Sydney yesterday was a transport meeting and not a ministerial meeting. It was not even a meeting convened by government. It was a meeting which government representatives attended.
Mr Wood: I included that in my range of questions.
MR SPEAKER: Order. Please address your questions through the Chair.
MR KAINE: I can refer to that particular one because it is one of which I know the circumstances, so there is no question of whether it was a meeting that should have been represented at the ministerial level. I know of no other meeting where representation has not been at the appropriate level - that is, if it is a Minister's meeting, a Minister attends.
Borrowing Requirements
MRS GRASSBY: My question is to Mr Kaine as the Treasurer. What is your current estimate of the Government's borrowing requirements for this financial year?
MR KAINE: My estimate of the Government's borrowing requirements for this financial year are exactly those put forward by the previous Chief Minister. We have not changed the borrowing by one dollar.
MRS GRASSBY: I have a supplementary question. Is it true that due to the high profitability levels of the ACT Electricity and Water Authority, the authority's share of the borrowing program will no longer be required?
MR KAINE: It is quite possible that at the end of the day we will not have borrowed all the money that the previous Government set out to borrow. That depends on how projects develop and how business is conducted over the course of the year, but we certainly will not be borrowing one dollar more than the program set in place by the previous Government. It may well be less, and I hope that it is because to the extent that it is less, as I explained before in simple economic terms which, I repeat, I doubt that you understand, the less you borrow the less you have to repay in the future.
Women in the Public Service
MR MOORE: My question is directed to the Chief Minister. I direct the Chief Minister's attention to a letter in today's Canberra Times by Mr Enfield, when reference was made to the proportion of women represented in the Commonwealth SES. I quote:
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