Page 4485 - Week 15 - Thursday, 22 November 1990
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this town that their particular health centre is going to close. I consider those sorts of claims grossly irresponsible. I have to say that the reports reaching my ears on the way in which the public, particularly elderly users of those health centres, have responded to those kinds of claims indicate that Mr Berry is getting short shrift in those places. When that public consultation has ended the Government will be able to indicate what position it will be able to adopt in respect of those health centres.
Royal Canberra Hospital : Stationery
MR MOORE: My question is to Mr Humphries, the Minister for Health. Minister, can you tell the Assembly what arrangements have been made to supply the new Royal Canberra Hospital South with their own headed stationery and how much the stationery is expected to cost? Can you also indicate whether it is the case that the last headed stationery for Woden Valley Hospital was actually ordered very recently with a run of around one million pieces of stationery?
MR HUMPHRIES: Obviously I cannot advise Mr Moore about what the stationery position is in respect of the Royal Canberra Hospital. He will not be surprised to hear me say that. However, I will undertake to find out what the position is. I might indicate that I think it is the general position in government in this Territory that, where changes in the designation of departments or statutory authorities occur, if at all possible one tends to want to use up the stationery printed for older purposes, or former purposes, before one starts to use commissioned stationery commensurate with the new purposes. I cannot say for certain that that is going to happen in this case, but certainly it would be my expectation that such a practice would be employed wherever possible.
School Consolidations
MRS NOLAN: My question is also to Mr Humphries, in his capacity as Minister for Education. Can the Minister indicate what progress has been made in implementing the Government's decision on school consolidations?
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I thank Mrs Nolan for her question. We are determined to ensure, as a Government, that the consolidation of schools proceeds expeditiously and smoothly so that we can go into the 1991 school year with staffing resources available for schools. Yesterday I announced that three new primary school principals had been appointed. All level 1 classroom teachers should know shortly their 1991 placements. Teachers at schools not now closing were given an extension to indicate their placement
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