Page 3289 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 18 September 1990
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I have not yet made a final decision on how that support should be provided. Certainly, Mr Hudson, the inquirer, will have some input into how that is provided and what the nature of the support will be. When the decision is made on just how that support should be provided I will advise the Assembly.
MR WOOD: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. With respect to this report which then appears to be just a sop to the Rally, can you assure the house and the community that it will be an open inquiry at which all groups will be able to present their views?
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, to a large extent the way in which the inquiry is conducted will be up to Mr Hudson. I do not propose to prescribe tightly - - -
Members interjected.
MR HUMPHRIES: There are certain things that the Government has required. One of the things we have prescribed to Mr Hudson is a very clear guideline on the time frame; that is something about which I make no apology. I do not wish to see schools remain for a long period in a state of uncertainty about the outcome of this process, and I make no apologies for wanting his report within a six-week period.
I also want to say that it is clear that the way in which the inquiry will be conducted, particularly the way in which submissions from the community will be received, is a matter for Mr Hudson; however, I would be most surprised if he were not prepared to accept submissions from the public. I am sure those submissions have been wholly or partly written already as a result of the two earlier rounds of calls for public submissions on the part of the Government. My expectation would be that Mr Hudson would welcome submissions and would certainly take them into account.
Mr Berry: Why do you not make decisions in relation to it?
MR HUMPHRIES: It is not my task to tell this person how it is to be conducted. After all, as Mr Berry well knows, the call has been for a public and independent inquiry and, if I were to tell the person how the inquiry is to be conducted, there would be question of it being either independent or public. There is no question about these things. It is clearly both.
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MR STEFANIAK: Perhaps before I ask my question I should congratulate Mr Moore and the Labor Party on winning what appears by their red ribbons to be second prize at some show during the luncheon adjournment. My question is to Mr Duby, the Minister for Urban Services, and it has nothing to do with second prize or shows.
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