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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No. 837

Assembly Premises - Security Guard

MR CORNWELL - Asked the Chief Minister upon notice on 17 August 1993:

Is it a fact that a security guard or guards was/were stationed on the fifth floor during business hours at some time during the week commencing Monday, 28 March 1993; if so

(a) how many security guards were stationed there and over what periods

of time was the guard stationed there;

(b) for what purpose was the guard engaged;

(d) which security firm supplied the guard/s;

(e) what was the cost of engaging the guard/s;

(f) was the guard engaged even though there is a receptionist at that

workstation; if so, why could the duties not be performed by the

receptionist; and

(g) by whose assessment was a security risk determined and what was

that risk.

MS FOLLETT - The answer to the Members question is as follows:.

(a) One guard was stationed for the following periods:

Wednesday 31 March 1993 - 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm

Thursday 1 April 1993 - 8.00 am to 6.00 pm

Friday 2 April 1993 - 8.00 am to 6.00 pm

(b) The guard was engaged as a precautionary measure in case there was a disturbance related to the negotiations being pursued with the Electrical, Electronic, Plumbing and Allied Workers Union (EPU) over the ACTEW Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.

(c) The Clerk of the ACT Legislative Assembly and the Assistant Secretary Government Branch, Chief Ministers Department, in consultation with the Chief Ministers Office.

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