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PAPERS
MR BERRY (Minister for Health, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport): Madam Speaker, I present the following paper:
Audit Act - Board of Health - Financial statements, including the Auditor-General's report, for 1990-91.
Mr Humphries: Is it the annual report?
MR BERRY: A supplementary report.
MR CONNOLLY (Attorney-General, Minister for Housing and Community Services and Minister for Urban Services): Madam Speaker, for the information of members I present the following report:
Community Law Reform Committee - Report No. 5 - The Guaranteed Supply of Essential Services.
I foreshadow the introduction into the Assembly tomorrow of the draft legislation recommended by the committee in the report.
STATUS OF WOMEN
Ministerial Statement
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (3.10): Madam Speaker, I ask leave of the Assembly to make a ministerial statement on the status of women in the ACT.
Leave granted.
MS FOLLETT: Madam Speaker, recently I attended the third Commonwealth and State Ministers Conference on the Status of Women. As I listened to the reports made by my ministerial colleagues from around the country I was reminded of how far we have advanced the status of women. I was particularly proud that the ACT's achievements are held in high regard, and that in some areas we lead the nation. My Government's policies aim to provide women with the opportunity to fully participate in all aspects of the life of our community. This involves a range of policy measures, given that women comprise half the population. Today I wish to dwell upon a number of these to which we are giving particular emphasis. These include economic security through work force participation; freedom from domestic violence; and access to decision making processes.
I am pleased to say, Madam Speaker, that the ACT has the highest participation of women in the paid work force, at 62.2 per cent. This figure looks very favourable when compared with the national rate of 51.8 per cent. The ACT Government's employment focus has several dimensions. One has been on equipping women who are not in employment with the skills and experiences needed for them to successfully compete for jobs. Another has been on ensuring that women who are in employment have access to the kinds of opportunities that are necessary if they are to continue to be able to pursue their career choices.
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