❓ Mrs Roberts questions the Minister for Culture and the Arts about funding cuts to the public library van service and accuses the Minister of shifting responsibility to local governments. The Minister defends the government's support for libraries and promises a solution.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES
431. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the Minister for
Culture and the Arts:
I have a supplementary question. Is
the minister not just walking away from the partnership arrangement on the van
service with local governments, and passing the buck to them to try to get them
to make up the money the minister has cut out of the arts budget?
431. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the Minister for
Culture and the Arts:
I have a supplementary question. Is
the minister not just walking away from the partnership arrangement on the van
service with local governments, and passing the buck to them to try to get them
to make up the money the minister has cut out of the arts budget?
AnswerView source ↗
As I indicated, the state government
has provided a very large amount of support, and will continue to into the
future, for public libraries in Western Australia. They are very valuable in
local communities—I know that; I very much value them—and they
provide a lot more than simply lending materials and books and so on these
days. We value the role they play, and a sensible solution will be found.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Member for Fremantle! Member for Armadale!
Quickly; through the Chair.
Mr
J.H.D. Day : I have finished.
has provided a very large amount of support, and will continue to into the
future, for public libraries in Western Australia. They are very valuable in
local communities—I know that; I very much value them—and they
provide a lot more than simply lending materials and books and so on these
days. We value the role they play, and a sensible solution will be found.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Kwinana! Member for Fremantle! Member for Armadale!
Quickly; through the Chair.
Mr
J.H.D. Day : I have finished.
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