Page 2253 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 15 September 1992
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Mr Moore: Try saying, "I will take it on notice".
MR BERRY: No, I will do it tomorrow.
MADAM SPEAKER: With all that extra advice from the Assembly, I believe that you will take the question on notice.
Members, it being 3.00 pm, pursuant to the motion suspending standing and temporary orders agreed to by the Assembly earlier this day, I now call the Treasurer.
APPROPRIATION BILL 1992-93
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (3.00): Madam Speaker, I present the Appropriation Bill 1992-93.
Title read by Acting Clerk.
MS FOLLETT: I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
I am pleased to present to the Assembly and to the Canberra community the Government's budget for 1992-93. This is a budget about protecting Canberra's future. It is unashamedly a Labor budget. It is a budget which recognises the needs of our community. All sectors, including government, business and the unions, must work together to provide leadership if these needs are to be met. As a government we have balanced our priorities and we have produced a balanced recurrent budget. We will undertake a modest borrowing program to fund new capital works and to generate jobs.
Madam Speaker, at a time when the national economy has been in recession, and when unemployment in the ACT has been rising, the Government has been devoting its energy and resources to lessening the impact of these national trends. This budget builds on our previous initiatives and takes further significant steps to create a positive future for Canberra. In particular, the 1992-93 budget allocates additional funds to employment and training programs in both the public and private sectors. It increases expenditure on capital works. We are providing support for important business sector initiatives. We are creating an economic and marketing environment that encourages the growth of local businesses. We are ensuring that the ACT can further participate in, and benefit from, the national education and vocational training initiatives.
We will protect those in need in our community. This budget increases funding to community groups, increases expenditure on concessions, and funds new initiatives for the unemployed, for women, for Aboriginal people, for mental health, and for others who are disadvantaged. The growth in demand for the Government's own community services is recognised. More funding is also directed to child-care. This budget reflects our commitment to improving the effectiveness of the public sector and the efficiency of its service delivery.
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