Page 1537 - Week 05 - Thursday, 12 May 1994
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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE TAKEN ON NOTICE
19 APRIL 1994
MR KAINE:
My question relates to the Council on the Ageing. The Chief Minister no doubt knows that the Council indicated yesterday that it had insufficient funds to continue operations through to June this year. How much money do they require to complete operations this year and has the Chief Minister indicated she will provide funds to keep the organisation in place?
Supplementary:
The fact is that my information shows they are $12,000 approximately short... if they do not jet supplementation of $12,000 they will have to close their doors at the end of May. Will the Chief Minister give a commitment that she will not let that occur?
MY ANSWER IS:
I am unaware of any formal request from the Council on the Ageing (ACT) for additional funding in 1993-94 apart from a request for an additional one-off grant of six thousand dollars to cover unforeseen circumstances. As I advised the Assembly on 19 April 1994, the Government responded to that request from the Council on the Ageing.
The Government would, of course, give consideration to an application for additional funding from the Council on the Ageing.
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