Page 3754 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 22 November 2006

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Question so resolved in the negative.

Amendment negatived.

Standing orders—suspension

Motion (by Ms MacDonald) agreed to, with the concurrence of an absolute majority:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Assembly proceeding to a vote on notice No 2, private members’ business.

Question put:

That Ms MacDonald’s motion be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 10		Noes 7
Mr Barr	Mr Gentleman	Mrs Burke	Mr Smyth
Mr Berry	Mr Hargreaves	Mrs Dunne	Mr Stefaniak
Mr Corbell	Ms MacDonald	Mr Mulcahy
Dr Foskey	Ms Porter	Mr Pratt
Ms Gallagher	Mr Stanhope	Mr Seselja

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Motion agreed to.

Schools—closures

MRS DUNNE (Ginninderra) (12.14): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes the contribution made by ACT preschools to early childhood education;

(2) recognises that preschool education in the ACT has always been provided via a unique and historic collaboration between government and individual parent associations;

(3) further:

(a) recognises that individual parent associations are an essential prerequisite for the establishment and operation of preschools in the ACT; and

(b) notes that the current proposal called Towards 2020 proposes to make small savings to the education budget by closing 22 of the ACT’s preschools;

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