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Death of Mr Gus Petersilka DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY HANSARD 8 November 1994 Tuesday, 8 November 1994 Death of Dr P. Wilenski, AC.................................................................................................3767 Death of Mr Gus Petersilka ...................................................................................................3771 Questions without notice: Acton Peninsula - hospice........................................................................................3774 Government bank accounts - reconciliation..............................................................3775 Acton Peninsula - hospice........................................................................................3776 Assembly members - conflicts of interest.................................................................3777 National Museum of Australia.................................................................................3778 Government purchasing policy ................................................................................3779 National Museum of Australia.................................................................................3780 Truck parking - residential areas..............................................................................3782 Department of Health - public relations unit.............................................................3783 Residential land - releases........................................................................................3784 Acton Peninsula - development................................................................................3785 Public events - renting of food sites .........................................................................3786 Personal explanation .............................................................................................................3788 Paper ....................................................................................................................................3789 Subordinate legislation and commencement provisions..........................................................3789 Paper ....................................................................................................................................3791 AusIndustry - memorandum of understanding (Ministerial statement) ....................................................................................................3792 2000 Committee (Ministerial statement)................................................................................3793 Broadcasting of Assembly proceedings (Matter of public importance)..........................................................................................3795 Public works committees - national conference (Statement by member) ...................................................................................................3809 Scrutiny of Bills and Subordinate Legislation - standing committee .......................................3811 Planning, Development and Infrastructure - standing committee ............................................3812 Crimes (Amendment) Bill (No. 3) 1994.................................................................................3812 Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 1994...........................................................................3825 Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration and Regulation of Providers) Bill 1994 ...............................................................................................................................3828 Water Pollution (Amendment) Bill 1994 ...............................................................................3830 Electoral (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1994..............................................................................3833 Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Bill 1994 ......................................................................3835 Status of Women - Commonwealth-State Ministers Conference and recent developments ......3836 Arts and culture - Government achievements.........................................................................3844 Leave of absence to member .................................................................................................3851 Adjournment: Assembly visitors...........................................................................................3852 Answers to questions: Waste disposal charges (Question No. 1386)............................................................3853 Education and Training portfolio and Environment, Land and Planning portfolio - market or political research (Question No. 1391) .............................................3856 Minister for the Arts and Heritage - interstate and overseas travel (Question No. 1393)..........................................................................................3872 Minister for Education and Training - interstate and overseas travel (Question No. 1399)..........................................................................................3873 Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning - interstate and overseas travel (Question No. 1400) ..........................................................................................3876 Treasurer - interstate and overseas travel (Question No. 1402) .................................3878 Chief Minister - interstate and overseas travel (Question No. 1403)..........................3879 Men’s advisory council (Question No. 1426) ...........................................................3884 Education and Training portfolio - fraud control consultancy contract (Question No. 1427)..........................................................................................3885 Development application - Kingston (Question No. 1433)........................................3886 Vacant land - Ainslie (Question No. 1434)...............................................................3887 Corroboree Park precinct (Question No. 1435).........................................................3888 Housing Trust properties - insulation (Question No. 1436).......................................3890 Electoral Commission - public relations consultancy (Question No. 1438)................3891 Rural leases - withdrawal from auction (Question No. 1441)....................................3893 Housing Trust - three-bedroom houses (Question No. 1443) ....................................3894 Better cities program - urban consolidation study (Question No. 1444).....................3896 Dual occupancies - Banks (Question No. 1445) .......................................................3897 Legislative Assembly - computer network security (Question No. 1446) ..................3899 Tuesday, 8 November 1994 ________________________ MADAM SPEAKER (Ms McRae) took the chair at 2.30 pm and read the prayer. DEATH OF DR P. WILENSKI, AC MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer): Madam Speaker, I move: That the Assembly expresses its deep regret at the death of Dr Peter Wilenski, AC, who had a distinguished public service and academic career, and tenders its profound sympathy to his wife and children in their bereavement. It was with much sadness that I learnt of the recent death of Dr Peter Steven Wilenski, AC, at the age of 55. Dr Wilenski had a distinguished public service and academic career and will be remembered for the significant and valuable contributions he made in both of these fields. Dr Wilenski was born in Poland before the Second World War. His family fled from Poland early in the war, spending time in a Soviet internment camp before coming to Australia. The young Peter Wilenski soon showed his remarkable intellect and gift for academic pursuits. He attended Sydney Boys High and started his university education in 1957 at the medical school of the University of Sydney. It was at university that he became involved in politics. His career as a student politician climaxed in 1963, when he was elected president of the National Union of Australian University Students. Thereafter, he went to Oxford, where he secured first-class honours in politics, philosophy and economics. He joined the then Department of External Affairs and was posted to Saigon and Ottawa. During these years, he took masters degrees at Carleton University in Ottawa and Harvard University in the United States. Dr Wilenski returned to Australia in 1971 and worked in the foreign aid section of the Department of Foreign Affairs before receiving a promotion to Treasury. In 1972, Dr Wilenski joined Gough Whitlam's staff, becoming his principal private secretary after Mr Whitlam was elected Prime Minister. One of Dr Wilenski's many strong commitments was to equality for women. It is reported that he was a significant influence in the decision to appoint Ms Elizabeth Reid as women's adviser to the new Prime Minister. Following the 1974 election, Dr Wilenski was, briefly, special adviser to the Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration; and, by the end of the year, he was made Secretary-designate to the Department of Labour and Immigration - a position he assumed in 1975. 3767 8 November 1994 Following the 1975 Federal election, Dr Wilenski was left without a department by the incoming Fraser Government. He was offered the post of foundation professor at the Australian Graduate School of Management in 1977, and he threw himself into public administration work, which included a major review of the New South Wales Public Service. In 1980,
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