Page 4659 - Week 15 - Thursday, 21 November 1991
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MR BERRY: On announcing the initiatives that the Government had decided upon in relation to under-age drinking - they are very important initiatives too, I should add, Mr Speaker - I have made contact with the chairman of the Health Promotion Fund Advisory Council and I have also informed the secretariat of the Government's position. The Health Promotion Fund Advisory Council was appointed by the former Government, and this Government has decided to continue with the practice of arm's-length consideration of the way that funding is provided as a result of tobacco taxes for health promotion purposes. At this point, Mr Speaker, I am prepared to listen to the advice of the Health Promotion Fund Advisory Council on how much funding it believes should be made available for health promotion activities which are related to the campaign which the Government has decided upon; but Mr Stefaniak can rest easy.
The Health Promotion Fund will provide money for that process in accordance with the Government's wishes. It is a matter of the Health Promotion Fund Advisory Council being allowed to consider the matter in the normal way. Of course, at the end of the day it is up to the Minister whether he accepts the council's recommendations or not. But I expect that, as in the past, the Health Promotion Fund Advisory Council will note and endorse the Government's position and will make a responsible decision about what allocation of funds should be made to deal with this very important issue for the community.
Sporting Clubs - Equal Opportunity
MR COLLAERY: My question is directed to Mr Berry as Minister for Sport. Mr Berry, bearing in mind the provisions of our Bill on unlawful discrimination by clubs, which we are to consider later today, will you indicate what your policy is as Minister for Sport in relation to those clubs that have as their general purposes and objectives the furtherance of a sport which can be enjoyed by equal sexes? In your government dealings, will you require them, by some affirmative program, to provide for equity in access to membership?
MR BERRY: I think the question probably borders on being out of order because it would require the Government to make an announcement on policy, but I am prepared to have a lash at it. Mr Collaery anticipates the passage of the Bill which will get a name later on today, one hopes. It is hard to say what one might be able to do with that Bill unless it finds its way through this Assembly intact. I do not like anticipating outcomes of unknowns, and I think we have a bit of a way to go on the equal opportunity Bill, discrimination Bill, or anti-discrimination Bill - call it what you will. I can assure Mr Collaery that any policy on sport that the Government adopts in the light of that Bill will adhere to the provisions of the Bill to the letter.
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