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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
Womens Enterprise Service
Question No 157
MS FOLLETT -- Asked the Chief Minister upon notice on 29 May 1990:
(1) Why has the Government not concluded arrangements with Sistertrust ACT Inc for the operation of the Womens Enterprise Service in accordance with the offer which was made to Sistertrust in December 1989.
(2) Does the Government intend to spend the $150 000 allocated to the Womens Enterprise Service in the 1989-90 Budget.
(3) If the answer to (2) above is no, who made the decision to scrap the initiative and why.
MR KAINE -- The Chief Minister has provided the following answer to your question.
The Government decided not to proceed with the trial proposal for a Womens Enterprise Service as originally envisaged.
No expenditure was incurred in the 1989-90 Budget and the warrant for the $150 000 was withdrawn.
The Government is prepared to support programs that encourage and promote women in business, but considers that the private sector should play a major role. In this regard organisations interested in this concept have been advised to negotiate with the private sector, and that the Government would be pleased to consider any proposals that had a mix of funds from the private and public sectors and that showed how funding would be provided in the longer term.
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