Page 5379 - Week 17 - Tuesday, 3 December 1991
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MR WOOD: No, I do not know about that, Mr Speaker. I am not even sure whether the cinema is losing money. There has been a case put that, with modern cinema development, one cinema with a fairly large number of seats on its own is simply not viable. I am not aware that there is too much discussion about the availability of car parks. There is a car park adjacent to the cinema, not very far away. If the proposal does eventuate, the car parking will be directed from immediately outside the cinema - and that cannot be more than 20 or 24 places, I would think, offhand - and it would go up the road. I am not aware that car parking is any part of the problem being experienced by the cinema company.
Health Budget - Staff Reductions
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Health. I refer to the answer he gave last week to a question from Mr Kaine, which was taken on notice, concerning staff reductions in Health. In that answer the Minister advised that no staff of the 275 slated for shedding had yet been shed.
Mr Berry: I do not think I said that.
MR HUMPHRIES: Well, that was the way I interpreted your answer. You might like to clarify the matter, if that is the case. You indicated in the answer - I do not have it here - that a number had been targeted for shedding but none had been lost as yet. Can the Minister provide details of the timetable that he or the board is working to in shedding those staff? What number of full year equivalent staff need to be shed this year to achieve the Government's savings targets?
MR BERRY: Thank you, Mr Humphries, for that question.
Mr Humphries: I have never before been thanked by you for a question. It is quite a day.
MR BERRY: Well, there you go; there is something new every day. Of course, this question has been answered fully. Agreement has been reached between the TLC and ACT Health on a process for addressing the health unions' concerns.
In particular, as I think I mentioned last week, ACT Health has created a position of union liaison officer. The officer's role is to assist the TLC by examining proposals relating to changes in staffing profiles and acting as a conduit between the council and ACT Health. That officer also plays a vital role in assisting health unions reach a common understanding and position by coordinating their responses to proposals prior to formal consultation. The Government is committed to ensuring that the savings in
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