Page 3143 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 12 September 1990
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the question of the consumption of free-range eggs an interesting one. I am not fully apprised of issues that Mr Stevenson raises, including, for example, the Animal Liberation minimum standards on these matters. I would have thought that Animal Liberation would probably not support the consumption of eggs under any circumstances anyway; but, if they do have such standards, I would be very interested to know what they are and to see whether our food Act, when it is passed, will be in accordance with those standards. Assuming that they can be easily obtained, I am very happy to examine those standards and see whether they will be complied with under our new food Act.
Certainly as far as the sale of eggs is concerned - and I am sure Mr Stevenson is aware of requirements under legislation such as the Trade Practices Act to sell goods with accurate and not misleading descriptions - I am not aware of any areas where misleading advertising or misleading descriptions have been applied. I am very happy to ask the appropriate officers in my department whether there have been recorded or reported cases of those things and advise Mr Stevenson accordingly.
Jindalee Nursing Home
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, I wish to press my earlier question with Mr Kaine. I did in fact want a reply, and I will repeat the question. Mr Kaine, you indicated that you will save $950,000 this year and $2.5m in a full year at Jindalee Nursing Home. They are your figures. These savings represent, according to the advice that has been given to unions, 60 jobs and will cost $1.4m in redundancy payments. So, whether or not we agree on the detail of the figures, it is a lot of jobs because it is a big redundancy payment and a big saving. Will the Treasurer - and I say this because the Treasurer is allegedly committed to services to the aged - acknowledge that such a large cut in staff will result in cuts to services?
MR KAINE: No, I do not acknowledge that at all, Mr Speaker. What I said when I was announcing this yesterday - - -
Mr Berry: How are you going to cut the 60 - - -
MR KAINE: If he would stop cackling like an old hen for five minutes, Mr Speaker, I would try to answer his question.
Mr Moore: Is that free-range hens, Trevor?
MR KAINE: We are back to eggs. What I said was that nationwide standards had been determined, that those nationwide standards had been put into effect all over Australia and that we were now proceeding to put them into
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