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much more difficult to control and keep in one place - as Mr Connolly will well know, and as I am sure Ms Follett will acknowledge as well.
We have to look at that issue. I think the major problem we have in that regard is indiscriminate breeding of cats, and I think that has to be considered by the Government. It is a difficult exercise, I would suggest, to determine how we go about controlling that. Probably we have to look at it in a similar way to the way we are looking at controlling dogs. It may be that we have to look at similar controls over the breeding and maintaining of cats with a view to having more cats neutered rather than being able to breed freely around our area. So I also look forward to that companion animals review which will include this issue.
In closing, I would like to pay a tribute to those members of dog control bodies within the ACT and throughout Australia who spend many hours, free of charge, to provide a very important service to the community by ensuring that dogs become a true companion animal to provide the necessary support for the community as a whole.
MR DUBY (Minister for Finance and Urban Services) (3.27), in reply: Mr Deputy Speaker, I thank Mr Moore and Mr Jensen for their comments.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
SCHOOL CLOSURES : AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
Discussion of Matter of Public Importance
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Speaker has received a letter from Mr Stevenson proposing that a matter of public importance be submitted to the Assembly for discussion, namely:
The need for the Chief Minister to seek further funding from the Commonwealth Government for ACT education so as to avoid the need for closing schools, especially in the light of the Commonwealth's decision to give $15m in support of, and in consultation with, the African National Congress.
MR STEVENSON (3.28): It is highly relevant when the Federal Government says that it has not enough money - - - (Quorum formed)
Mr Deputy Speaker, it is indeed a sad commentary that, while the Federal Government has said that it does not have enough money to honour its promises to the ACT, it gives money to what will inevitably, if it continues, establish a Marxist dictatorship in South Africa. I do not think the ACT Government should stand aside while such activities continue.
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