Page 2106 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 9 September 1992
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School Laboratory Assistants Dispute
MR LAMONT: My question is directed to the Minister for Education and Training. Has there been any progress towards resolution of a dispute between your department and the Public Sector Union concerning the classification of school laboratory assistants, and when do you expect work bans to be lifted, if in fact the dispute has been resolved?
MR WOOD: Bans were applied by laboratory assistants in high schools and colleges. They were lifted on Monday or Tuesday of this week. The Public Sector Union was seeking extra conditions. They were claiming that this was a more skilled occupation. The Education Department had made some offers to the PSU which that union had not accepted. However, there is now agreement that the science teacher classification will be the subject of a study by an independent authority. On that basis the bans have been lifted and matters have been restored to normal in that area of the schools. In due course the study will report.
Assembly Precincts - Police Investigation
MR CORNWELL: Madam Speaker, my question is directed to you. I refer to the presence in the Assembly yesterday of police officers who photographed equipment and pursued an investigation in a member's office. When did you, Madam Speaker, first become aware of the presence of these officers in the Assembly yesterday? When did the member involved first know about the police visit? Did Mr Berry - it was in his area; it was a health matter - or any other member of the Assembly inform you, Madam Speaker, that police would be attending the Assembly building for the purpose of conducting an investigation involving the alleged leak of budget papers? Finally, has Mr Berry or any other member breached privilege in that they did not inform you, Madam Speaker, about the presence of police on Assembly premises yesterday?
MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you for the question, Mr Cornwell. I will take that one on notice.
RSL Retirement Village
MS SZUTY: Madam Speaker, my question is for the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning, Mr Wood. The newspaper of the Returned and Services League, in its August edition, states under the heading "ACT Retirement Village":
The ACT Minister for Lands has reopened negotiations with the branch regarding the grant of land on the shores of Lake Ginninderra.
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