Page 1469 - Week 05 - Thursday, 13 May 1993
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I am pleased to see that in the Belconnen area Belconnen High has received one of these grants, no doubt following up the good work of Kaleen and Aranda primary schools from last year. The school will participate with John Pratt, a very well-known Canberra artist, in designing and building a "living" sculpture. This sculpture will be made from recycled goods and organic material. I offer the students of Belconnen High and, indeed, all those involved in the project my congratulations and I wish them the very best in completing this sculpture. I look forward not only to the day of completion of this project and display but also to next year and an even bigger and better scheme to bring art, the environment and education together. I think we are very lucky in our Minister, Mr Bill Wood, who is very involved in this. A lot of people in the house will not recognise that - - -
Mr Kaine: He is okay, but he is not as good as the Minister we had.
MRS GRASSBY: Oh, I do not know. A lot of people in the house probably would not know that Mr Bill Wood's wife is also a very good artist.
Ambit Claims
MR BERRY (Minister for Health, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport) (5.20), in reply: I would like to raise briefly the issue of ambit claims and to talk about a couple of things which might be illuminating for Mrs Carnell. I am prepared to table this.
Mr Moore: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. Mr Berry might be dangerously close to breaching standing order 62 with repetition on ambit claims.
MADAM SPEAKER: Thank you for your advice, Mr Moore. I will listen with great interest.
MR BERRY: I have never mentioned these two ambit claims before. They might have come out of the same handbook. The salary and allowance claimed by the Electrical Trades Union was, I think, $200,000 per annum minimum, and the maximum was $500,000 per annum. It is a standard procedure to submit these sorts of claims.
Mr Kaine: Is the Government putting in a similar ambit claim to the Remunerations Tribunal?
MR BERRY: There will be no claim, Mr Kaine. If we did submit one we might be shocked and win it. Madam Speaker, there is a whole range of clauses in there which reflect a fairly generous claim by unions. This is standard practice, and it has been for decades.
Mrs Carnell: How do you come up with the figures?
Mr De Domenico: Pick a number, any number.
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! Mr Berry, you seem to have a lot of assistance. Mr Berry has the floor.
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