Page 5247 - Week 16 - Thursday, 28 November 1991
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Government Vehicles
MR STEVENSON: My question is addressed to Mr Connolly. I have been approached by a constituent with a question regarding taxpayer funded vehicles operated by the ACT Government. Could Mr Connolly please inform the Assembly how many vehicles operated by the ACT Government do not have government number plates?
MR CONNOLLY: No, offhand I could not. The basic criterion, of course - and it is a condition of service which we have essentially inherited from the Commonwealth - is that SES officers are entitled to have privately plated vehicles, for which they make a contribution. So, the entitlement to a privately plated vehicle is a condition of service and employment condition for SES officers, and they make a contribution.
Mr Duby: Dependent upon the contribution.
MR CONNOLLY: Yes - in response to Mr Duby's interjection - that is quite right. There are also cases where cars used by persons below SES level are not government plated. This is done essentially where there is a security aspect. So, I think Investigations Unit vehicles are not government plated, and there are a few others around the place. I will, however, endeavour to find out precisely how many such vehicles there are.
Ms Follett: I ask that further questions be placed on the notice paper, Mr Speaker.
Asbestos Branch - Pager Servicing
MR CONNOLLY: I seem to have taken a lot of questions on notice in the last couple of days, and I have a bit of a raft of answers. Mr Stefaniak asked me today about the $11,000 pager services contract. I am advised that the asbestos branch has some 50 pagers. They are extensively used because all the officers are field based and they are required to be paged when an air sample is determined. So, they are extensively used and that $11,000 - about $200 worth of pager services per pager - is not excessive.
Government Computing Service
MR CONNOLLY: On 26 November, Mrs Nolan asked the Chief Minister the following question:
What controls over consumables currently operate within the ACT Government Computing Service?
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