Page 4112 - Week 14 - Tuesday, 22 October 1991
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Mr Berry: Come on, Bernard. Do what you did before.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Berry, please!
Mr Berry: Come on.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Berry, order!
After seeking the guidance of the assembled members and no-one wishing to move under standing order 170, I must abide by the direction given to me by the Assembly on this matter, as indicated from the floor, and override standing orders. In that case, the matter will be placed back on the notice paper.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion (by Mr Berry) proposed:
That the Assembly do now adjourn.
Australian National College of Business and English
MR MOORE (10.46): Mr Speaker, I wish to address the matter of the Australian National College of Business and English. The recent troubles of the Australian National College of Business and English reveal a deeper problem than has currently been made public. It is a problem that must be brought into the public arena if the genuine students, the staff, and clients of all Australian colleges which provide education services to overseas students are to be protected.
The overseas education industry is a critical part of Canberra's future. Projections of potential income for this Territory, and indeed Australia, range widely, but will have a considerable impact on our economy, employment and, in fact, our balance of payments.
The difficulties of the Australian National College of Business and English have developed since the April sale of the college to Woods Colleges Worldwide, of which one of the directors is John Griffiths. Another of the principal players is a Mr Noel Ling. Mr Ling was involved with two similar colleges which closed down in Melbourne last month. One of them was Swanston College, which was suspended for keeping rolls inappropriately. The reasons for inappropriate rolls will become clear in a few minutes.
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