Page 3167 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 12 September 1990
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Mr Moore: And no doubt they are shonky.
MR HUMPHRIES: I would like to go on, if Mr Moore would like me to respond to all those things. However, Mr Berry obviously does not wish to discuss them all at the moment, and I will therefore make only one other comment. The statement claims that the Government has made a "$309,000 a year overestimate of savings from twinning arrangements (assuming two principals at Kaleen, Giralang and Maribyrnong schools)".
The fact of life is that the Government assumed a total saving from the pairing arrangement with Kaleen, Giralang and Maribyrnong schools of only $260,000. It therefore amuses me greatly to see that we have overestimated by $309,000 the savings here when we are predicting a saving of only $260,000. This is typical, unfortunately, of the many errors and inaccuracies in this document. I propose to make a more detailed statement later on, which will give information on the Government's version of those figures.
SCHOOL CLOSURES
MR BERRY (4.15): Mr Speaker, I seek leave to move a motion that the Assembly takes note of this media release, and I will table it.
Leave not granted.
MR BERRY: Mr Speaker, I do not know why they try to resist debating these issues, but I am reluctantly forced to move that so much of standing orders be suspended as will allow the motion to be proposed, so that both the Minister and members of the Opposition can debate this issue. It is an important issue. I move:
That so much of standing and temporary orders be suspended as would prevent Mr Berry from presenting a paper and moving a motion to take note of the paper.
Question put.
The Assembly voted -
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