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not wish to continue that arrangement they will have to consider what their future might be. However, it is not the intention of the Government to force any schools to close for the duration of this Assembly, beyond those that have been announced.
Costs of Ministers
MR STEVENSON: Mr Speaker, my question is to the Chief Minister. Would the Chief Minister be good enough to inform the house of the cost of each of the Alliance Ministers, including such things as Ford Fairlanes, personal staff and other relevant costings?
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, the amount that it is costing to maintain the Executive in this current budgetary year would be less than it cost for the same services under the previous Government because I have imposed an arbitrary reduction of costs, the same as I have in other sectors of government activity. Offhand, I do not carry that kind of information around in my head, but I can make it available to you and I will undertake to do so.
Building Industry Inquiry
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to the Attorney-General, Mr Collaery. I refer the Attorney-General to an article in the Canberra Times on 12 August by Chris Uhlmann, entitled "Legal issues only bar to ACT joining building inquiry". I quote from a paragraph in that article. It states:
The ACT Government Law Office has investigated two options for extending the Royal commission and neither presents insurmountable legal obstacles.
Can the Attorney-General confirm that this is a true reflection of the situation? If it is, can the Attorney-General assure this Assembly that the Alliance Government is attempting to overcome the legal obstacles associated with it in order to investigate corruption in the unions in the ACT?
MR COLLAERY: I can give that assurance to Mr Moore. The Law Office has given me an options paper. On the basis of that options paper and a further opinion from the Government Solicitor I went to speak to the Royal Commissioner in New South Wales, Roger Gyles QC, last Friday. I also took the opportunity to speak to the New South Wales Attorney-General. The Attorney and I resolved on the fact that our Enquiry Act 1938 is obsolete and that amendments may well be required to that Act to give the Royal Commissioner, were he to be appointed - and I stress that because the Cabinet has made no decision yet -
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