Page 687 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 21 March 1990
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indicate our abhorrence of the racist system in a tangible way which will be a constant reminder to the people at the South African Embassy, who are the ambassadors of apartheid in this country.
Telephone Directory
MRS NOLAN (5.22): I would like to talk very briefly in relation to a couple of matters. The first is the new telephone directory that was released at lunchtime today by the Chief Minister and, along with the release, the new seven-digit telephone numbers for the ACT. But the issue about which I really wanted to talk was the contribution that Yellow Pages has made to tourism, for the first time, in this 1990 directory. I think it is quite appropriate that we see for the first time "Canberra and Beyond" which names many of our wonderful attractions in both the private sector and the public sector.
Mrs Grassby: So they ought to. They make a fortune out of it. What are you promoting them for?
MRS NOLAN: You may like to look at the new directory and see the work that has been done in relation to the photography and the script that is written. I think it is quite valid. I think it is quite important to see that a directory can be used for this sort of promotion.
We are seeing here places of interest, such as the National Science and Technology Centre, diplomatic missions, Government House and the Prime Minister's Lodge, Ginninderra Falls, Calthorpe's House, Bywong Town, Corin Forest, Tidbinbilla, Lanyon, Nolan Gallery, Rehwinkel's Animal Park, Queanbeyan, Yass, the festivals and quite a lot of others. I think this issue is of significance. It is the first time that this has been done in the ACT, although I am of the understanding that in other places similar things have been done.
I have one concern, and that is whether a price had to be paid for those photographs. With tourism promotion in the ACT I think photographs of such calibre would be provided freely, seeing that they would be well promoted, both within this city and beyond. The region is very important to us tourism-wise. This book obviously lands in most businesses and many post offices around the country. I think it is yet another initiative that will be very favourably received by the community.
Federal Election
MR HUMPHRIES (Minister for Health, Education and the Arts) (5.25): I want to raise an issue which has been coming up over the last few days in the media, and that is job cuts
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