CHRIS BAILLIE (ACT): Truancy: the action of staying away from school without good reason. The ACT Party believes—I'm sure, like most people—that that reason would have to be pretty good, and no amount of truancy can really be accepted. I was a bit concerned when the report first got initiated that it might become an avenue to attack the school system and teachers, but I'm really pleased that it didn't occur, and the committee did a great job in sticking to the problem and didn't get too side-tracked with some potentially divisive issues.