Page 5196 - Week 17 - Thursday, 13 December 1990
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aluminium and steel cans used during those particular functions. I would invite Mr Stevenson, prior to the event, if he so cares, to arrange with my office to have an inspection of the site, and other sites that he might care to mention, to convince himself that all necessary steps are being taken.
Alliance Government
MR CONNOLLY: My question is to the Chief Minister. I refer him to his earlier answer to Mrs Grassby's question in which he said that the acting Ministers would not be exercising all the ordinary powers of Ministers. Does the Chief Minister agree that while he is out of the country Mr Collaery will exercise all of the powers of Chief Minister other than the power to dismiss Ministers?
MR KAINE: Mr Collaery will be acting in the capacity of Acting Chief Minister as is prescribed in the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act.
Curtin Primary School
MRS NOLAN: My question is again to Mr Humphries, this time in his capacity as Minister for Education, and it relates to the relocation of Curtin Primary School. How will the relocation of Curtin Primary School lead to a positive and beneficial educational environment for the Curtin children?
MR HUMPHRIES: I thank Mrs Nolan for that question. The situation at Curtin Primary School is an interesting one which has been largely overlooked by people in the debate about school closures and in particular by those opposite, who seem to have been prepared to vote against the closure of the present Curtin Primary School without any consultation with the school community concerned.
Mr Berry: Did they line up and ask you to close their school?
MR HUMPHRIES: The staff and community of the Curtin Primary School have worked diligently to ensure a smooth transition and minimum disruption for their children. They are appalled that their children are being made scapegoats and used as pawns in a wider political scenario.
To answer the question that Mr Berry interjected across the chamber, I want to read to him part of a letter that I received from the chair of the Curtin Primary School Board and the secretary of the Curtin P and C Association in which they say:
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