Page 3040 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 11 September 1990
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MR KAINE: One of these days Mrs Grassby will come down out of cloud-cuckoo-land and address some real issues. I am aware that the Liberal Party is, through the proper court processes, seeking to have changed the lease purpose of the property that it has title to in Deakin. I am not privy to that. I do not get involved in the party machinery. Unlike the Labor Party, the parliamentary wing of the Liberal Party is quite separate from the party organisation itself. I do not know that any such details that you describe are fact. I do know on advice from my department that the process that the Liberal Party is going through in connection with its lease is identical to that which was gone through recently by the ACOA in connection with its property. The process is the same. The circumstances are the same. I think that that deals with the thrust of your question.
MRS GRASSBY: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker: could the Treasurer find out about that and let the house know, or give me an answer to that, please?
MR KAINE: No, I could not, because it is not my business to reveal the business of the Liberal Party organisation, any more than you would reveal the business of the Labor Party organisation.
Newspapers in Education
MRS NOLAN: Mr Speaker, my question is again to Mr Humphries, but this time in his capacity as Minister for Education. I refer the Minister to the recent launch of the wildlife booklet in the Canberra Times at the North Ainslie Primary School. Can the Minister indicate what continuing role newspapers can be expected to play in ACT education?
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I thank Mrs Nolan for her question. The wildlife booklet that she refers to was launched at the North Ainslie Primary School in recent weeks. Unfortunately, the Opposition does not appear to be interested in the role of newspapers in education - and that is unfortunate for it. I was not involved personally in the choice of the school; that was a matter of negotiation between the schools and the Canberra Times.
The Canberra Times runs a newspapers in education program which involves other firms in sponsorship arrangements. The scheme, which provides schools with bulk copies of the Canberra Times on selected days of the week - - -
Mr Berry: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: I raise standing order 118(a). This is the third ministerial statement we have had to suffer this afternoon in question time. The Minister ought to be asked to reduce the size of his speech in order to comply with the necessity to keep it brief.
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