Page 4135 - Week 14 - Thursday, 25 October 1990
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Federal Government Funding
MR STEVENSON: My question is to the Chief Minister and Treasurer and concerns the promised Federal Government funding after the self-government election. Initially $21m of that funding was withheld by the Federal Government but $7m of that was paid last year. This year there was another $23m withheld, making a total current withholding of $37m. The question is: Did we receive interest on that money? Will we receive interest on the money? If not, what action can be taken to at least get the Federal Government to give us the increase in the money that we should be getting?
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, in answer to that part of the question that asks, "Did we receive any interest?", we have not received payment from the Commonwealth of anything but the $7m that was paid to us last year out of the - - -
Ms Follett: Paid to me.
Mr Berry: Paid to Rosemary Follett. Negotiated by Rosemary Follett.
Mr Collaery: After the no-confidence motion.
Mr Berry: Negotiated by Rosemary Follett.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR KAINE: Is this a debate, Mr Speaker, or am I supposed to be answering a question?
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Kaine; please proceed. Mr Berry, please desist.
MR KAINE: The only money received from that fund so far is the $7m that the Commonwealth released last year. My understanding is that the money that remains in there is accumulating interest; that in fact at the end of this fiscal year the amount of money actually in that trust account will be approaching $50m by the time the interest is taken into account; and that that interest will be paid to us when and if the rest of the money is paid.
Ambulance Service
MR CONNOLLY: My question is directed to the Minister for Health. In this house on Tuesday Mr Berry revealed that there had been only 2.5 operational ambulance crews on duty on that day. You claimed yesterday that there had in fact been five crews on duty. Why, Minister, did you fail to inform the house that, of the five extra staff required to make up those five crews, three were not qualified to staff operational ambulances, one was an officer taken off light duties and one was a station officer required to work a
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