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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 2 Hansard (26 February) . . Page.. 464 ..

MR STEFANIAK (continuing):

I do note in relation to Erindale College that the report then goes on to say that everything seems to be going along very well as a result of the college getting the tender. When you consider the complexities of the college needing to use the facility and the difficulty of the previous arrangements, there is certainly a lot of logic in that. I am not surprised that the report actually says things are actually progressing very well now. Yes, there are certain things which I have some concern about and which I certainly would be very keen for both departments to address and to make sure that, if these types of things occur again, they are done somewhat differently.

MR SPEAKER: Do you have a supplementary question, Ms McRae?

MS McRAE: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr Stefaniak, now that you have discovered that the Department of Education was provided with the information on the amount of savings available for the best external tenderers prior to completing its final proposal, what action will you take in regard to your department's activities in the tender process? Will you apologise to those private tenderers?

MR STEFANIAK: I have indicated that the private tenderers were aware of this at all stages. I do not necessarily know whether that is actually a particular problem.

Ms McRae: That is not what it says here.

MR STEFANIAK: Ms McRae, as I have indicated, I will look at that report. I and the Government will look at what comes out of the Public Accounts Committee report on the Auditor's report. There are already a number of points which I have certainly indicated to my departments are things to look at so that we take note of any problems in any process. I hark back to this report on the actual running of the Erindale Centre.

Ms McRae: That is irrelevant.

MR STEFANIAK: I do not think it is irrelevant. It has gone particularly well. Ms McRae, in all of the fuss you people have made about things like bubbles and that, I have not heard one word of complaint either from you or from anyone else who has used the Erindale Centre since it has been run by the Department of Education and Training. That, itself, is borne out by this report.

MR MOORE: My question is to Mrs Carnell. I gave her about 10 minutes' notice that I would be asking a question to this effect. It is entirely appropriate that I should be asking a question about palliative care today, as we debate the issue of euthanasia. I approached your office last Friday, Chief Minister, to ask about the document "Palliative Care in Canberra"; the status of the document; and why it has not been made public. I have also asked your office what is happening about a director of palliative care in Canberra.

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