Page 3536 - Week 12 - Thursday, 19 September 1991
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Gambling Counselling Service
DR KINLOCH: This is as much a plea as a question. I am not sure to whom to address it; so I will ask the Chief Minister to direct it in the proper way. About two years ago we had a recommendation from the committee of which Mr Humphries was chair for a counselling service for people in trouble with gambling. I understood that the previous Government had a proposal that was going to come up, had they still been in office, and I took it that that would then be passed on to the present Government. I am not trying to make points here; I am just anxious to know what has happened to that proposal, if anything, and where it will go from here.
MS FOLLETT: I will take that question, Mr Acting Speaker. I appreciate Dr Kinloch raising it at this point. It is true to say that the casino is still under active consideration. The recommendation that Dr Kinloch refers to was, I believe, a recommendation of the Assembly's committee which looked into a casino for the ACT.
I think the best advice I can give to Dr Kinloch is that those proposals from the committee are still on the agenda. As the casino tendering process continues and draws to its conclusion towards the end of this year, it will certainly be an issue that I will be taking another look at. At this stage my Government has not taken action on that matter, as I think Mr Kaine's Government did not either; but, as we draw closer to getting a casino, we may need to take a more active stance in regard to the counselling of people who have problems with gambling.
Schools - Income from Tenants
MR MOORE: My question is to Mr Wood as Minister for Education. Is the rent which the Cook and Lyons primary schools receive from private tenants now used to offset the costs of reopening the schools, which the Education Department seems quite keen to continue quoting?
MR WOOD: No, I do not think it is. It is my understanding that those rents will benefit education generally, but not specifically sustain Cook or Lyons. We do not work in that way.
Behaviourally Disturbed Youth
MR DUBY: My question is addressed to Victor the Viking, or, should I say, the Minister for Community Services. It is a continuation of the question that was asked by Ms Maher. In Budget Paper No. 1, at page 16, under the heading "Social Justice", Ms Follett announced: "Over $210,000 in a full year will be provided to introduce a structured daily activity program for young people with
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