Page 3041 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 11 September 1990
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MR SPEAKER: Thank you for your observation, Mr Berry. Please proceed, Mr Humphries, and keep to the point.
MR HUMPHRIES: Thank you, Mr Speaker. The scheme, which provides schools with bulk copies of the Canberra Times on selected days of the week, runs in most schools in the ACT from primary to college level. The Canberra Times maintains a network of coordinators in schools who are notified of special events of educational value such as the wildlife booklet. Although no formal evaluation of the scheme has been undertaken, schools do report that it is a very effective teaching resource for a wide range of subjects. Particular mention has been made of the usefulness of the scheme in raising students' awareness of the important impact of the media in society, of which Ms Follett has complained in recent weeks.
After use in the classrooms, newspapers are often recycled for use as part of art materials, such as papier-mache, thus completing a cycle of benefit to all people. I want to commend the Canberra Times and its associated sponsors for an innovative program which, I am sure, will continue to foster active and worthwhile citizenship.
Liberal Party - ACT Division
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, my question is to Mr Kaine as Minister for planning. I ask Mr Kaine: what action have you taken to ensure that the leaseholder of unit plan 451 Deakin, which is the ACT branch of the Liberal Party, adheres to the condition of its lease which it has been breaching for at least the past 12 months?
MR KAINE: It is an interesting question, Mr Speaker. If the allegation in the question is correct, then I would have to ask the Leader of the Opposition what she did about it while she was Minister for planning - and the answer, of course, is nothing whatsoever. The answer in my case, Mr Speaker, is that I am advised by my department that the matters to which she alludes are known to the department. Departmental officers have had several discussions with the leaseholder on the purposes to which the lease is being put, and the necessary processes are in place to rectify the situation. I think that is all that is required to answer that question.
Canberra Times Site
MR MOORE: While we are on planning matters, I have another question for the Chief Minister as Minister for planning. I am given to understand that the Commonwealth is negotiating with Concrete Constructions Limited for 100 per cent occupation of the office space on the former Canberra
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