Page 5522 - Week 17 - Wednesday, 4 December 1991
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MR CONNOLLY: I have not had any response of late on that, but I certainly raised the matter quite vigorously with a senior member of Mrs Kelly's staff and indicated that there was a strong local feeling in Canberra that this would be a sensible course of action. I have not got a response on that. I will pursue them again; but I have certainly raised the matter with some vigour and would hope that we could get a satisfactory response from the Federal Government to match the satisfactory response from the Labor Government, which allowed the lakes of Tuggeranong and Belconnen to be opened to steam boats.
Mrs Nolan: I assume that you will follow up again?
MR CONNOLLY: Yes, I will.
Casino Proposals
MR KAINE: I address to the Chief Minister a question in connection with the casino. The processes that the Alliance Government set in place were to have been completed with a decision by the end of November. Could you tell us how many proposals were considered by the Government for the establishment of a casino, and when does the Government intend to announce the outcome of that process?
Mr Moore: It is Glebe Park, behind the Parkroyal.
MS FOLLETT: I defer to Mr Moore, Mr Speaker. I think Mr Kaine well knows the process for the selection of a casino in the ACT, and he knows that that process is one that has been conducted at arm's length under my Government, as it was under his Government. I am following the same timetable that was set in place by Mr Kaine when he had responsibility for the casino matter, and I am confident that that process is proceeding. I expect to receive a report from the interdepartmental committee on the matter any day now and will be happy to make an announcement once I have that material in front of me.
Career Education
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, my question is addressed to the Minister for Education. Is it the case that the Minister's department is abolishing the position of career education consultant and merging this function with the existing position of work experience coordinator? How does the Minister justify this move when the Career Education Association of the ACT, representing teachers who provide career advice to students, has condemned the move as a short-sighted measure, coming at a time when high youth unemployment means that we should be devoting more, not fewer, resources to career education?
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