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a Labor government - although one would be doubtful sometimes. Under the Hawke Government that was certainly the case and it is now going to be the case again. The Government considers it appropriate to provide funding at the same level at which the Government provides funding to ACT schools to provide participation in the Year 12 assessment. It will be provided at the same level. That obviously will not cover anything like the cost of the Canberra Grammar School taking part in the New South Wales HSC; but it seems that, if we are to fund other institutions to provide a similar participation, then it is appropriate for the ACT to do so in respect of that school as well.
I might remind members that other schools have other arrangements for assessment than that which is provided by the ACT Government, including, for example, the international baccalaureate certification or assessment at Narrabundah College. I think that, in the circumstances, to acknowledge the appropriateness of that range of assessment options and to make appropriate funding arrangements is entirely appropriate.
MRS GRASSBY: I ask a supplementary question. Was there allowance made in the 1990-91 budget for this and, if so, how much was allocated?
MR HUMPHRIES: I suggest that she ask that question of the Treasurer, Mr Speaker.
Mrs Grassby: It is your portfolio, if you do not know it.
MR HUMPHRIES: Well, it may or may not have been the case. I cannot recall. But the amount in question is fairly small, and it would not necessarily entail a separate budget allocation.
Mr Berry: $50,000? $70,000?
MR HUMPHRIES: I would very much doubt that the figure was anything like $70,000, Mr Speaker.
Mrs Grassby: Well, could you get back to us with a figure, then?
MR HUMPHRIES: I will certainly get back to you with a figure, Mrs Grassby.
Ambulance Service
MR BERRY: My question is directed to the Minister for Health and it relates to the lack of an ambulance. Is the Minister aware of the case of a 15-year-old boy with a parry-spinal abscess and a risk of paraplegia who required an ambulance to take him to Sydney for an evaluation of his condition, who could not get an ambulance and whose
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