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organisations, the Australian Federal Police and commercial and consumer interest groups - are invited to comment on the proposed scheme. The ACT Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee will also examine the report on the discussion paper during this time.
The Alliance Government is proud of its achievements in the consumer affairs arena and the opportunity to raise the quality of life in the Canberra region by promoting fair trading. I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the papers.
MR CONNOLLY (4.02): Mr Speaker, for a change, I would like to actually join Mr Collaery in commending the Consumer Affairs Bureau on their work. This publication that he refers to has been distributed to members. I have only had a glance at it, because it arrived through the rounds today. That is to be expected because it has only just been released. It certainly appears to be an excellent publication. The concept is sound. It is clear that community education and raising awareness is one of the most important areas of consumer education and consumer protection. The bureau is to be commended for that.
It is unfortunate that that commitment to education does not carry through to a commitment to introducing sound legislation. I suppose that this publication will be of interest to Canberra consumers. They can read it over dinner as they eat their unsafe, out-of-date food. If they take ill as a result of the unsafe, out-of-date food that this Government is determined to foist upon them, they can read this publication while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. That will be a long time. They can get through probably half the publication while that is happening. What they are not able to read while waiting for the ambulance to arrive, they will no doubt be able to read while waiting for a hospital bed as a result of this unsafe, unsound food that the Government is not prepared to act on.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
SCHOOLING IN AUSTRALIA 1989 - NATIONAL REPORT
Ministerial Statement and Papers
MR HUMPHRIES (Minister for Health, Education and the Arts), by leave: I thank the Assembly. I have much pleasure in tabling the 1989 national report on schooling in Australia. It is an important and timely report on schooling across Australia and, in particular, on the contribution made by States and Territories to education in this country. It is the result of a new level of cooperation between the State, Territory and Commonwealth governments and has been produced under the auspices of the various governments and the Australian Education Council. It has been printed by
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