❓ Mrs. Hayden questions the Minister for Youth about his consultation on the Premier's job plan, given WA's high youth unemployment. The Minister deflects, blaming national policies and the previous government's financial management.
AnsweredQoN 128Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
YOUTH —
UNEMPLOYMENT
128. Mrs A.K. HAYDEN to the Minister for Youth:
I refer to the recent report into
Australia's youth unemployment hotspots that highlighted Western Australia
as the state with the second-highest rate of youth unemployment in the country
at 14.5 per cent.
(1) Can the minister confirm whether
he was consulted on the Premier's 150 000-jobs plan?
(2) What was the minister's
recommendation for youth job numbers?
UNEMPLOYMENT
128. Mrs A.K. HAYDEN to the Minister for Youth:
I refer to the recent report into
Australia's youth unemployment hotspots that highlighted Western Australia
as the state with the second-highest rate of youth unemployment in the country
at 14.5 per cent.
(1) Can the minister confirm whether
he was consulted on the Premier's 150 000-jobs plan?
(2) What was the minister's
recommendation for youth job numbers?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Darling Range
for the question.
(1)–(2) I
want to refer the member to the fact that we are in the chamber of the Western Australian
Parliament. The unemployment matters that the member talked about —
Mrs A.K.
Hayden : Youth unemployment in WA—yes.
Mr P.C. TINLEY :
It just defies —
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Just wait.
Mr P.C. TINLEY : I cannot
understand the logic between what the member is suggesting—that this
chamber, this minister and this government is responsible for national figures
on unemployment for youth. Newstart or Centrelink—do any of those
things ring a bell with the member, and about the national agreements for the
employment of young people and getting them into work?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P.C. TINLEY : Is any of
that ringing a bell for the member about what chamber she ought to be asking
that sort of question in?
Several members interjected
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P.C. TINLEY : The member is
so out of her depth, it is beyond comprehension.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood and member for Mirrabooka, I called you both to order.
It is not a shouting chamber.
Mr P.C. TINLEY : I will
respond to the point about my contribution to the employment figures of the
government of Western Australia under Mark McGowan.
Ms J.M. Freeman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Mirrabooka, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr P.C. TINLEY : I was indeed
consulted, like every member of the cabinet. Indeed, a lot of time and sweat went
into the numbers and the arrangements by which we would undertake the recovery
of this state to bring it back from the abyss—the fiscal reef that
members opposite left it on and that we inherited not two years ago.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P.C. TINLEY : I can tell
the member for Darling Range that one thing we are doing to contribute to any
unemployment and getting Western Australians back into work is, firstly,
putting the books back into order and creating some sort of budget repair and
fiscal system that will give us the capacity to create better circumstances for
Western Australian businesses—the private capital that members opposite
seem to ignore. The party says it represents business but has no evidence for
the claim. It is asleep at the wheel and it was asleep at the wheel for eight
and a half years. It is very good at planning in a boom and spending the
poultice of cash that came through the door, but they were very poor at
planning for a boom. It is okay because the adults are on the right side of the
chamber. The grown-ups will take care of this for you! We will get the state's
finances back on track.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Vasse!
Mr P.C. TINLEY : We will
create the balance that is required in the budget to allow for the sorts of
programs that will get young people back into work and allow young people to
take the full opportunity of the natural endowment of the state. Nothing that
members opposite did ever contributed to it.
for the question.
(1)–(2) I
want to refer the member to the fact that we are in the chamber of the Western Australian
Parliament. The unemployment matters that the member talked about —
Mrs A.K.
Hayden : Youth unemployment in WA—yes.
Mr P.C. TINLEY :
It just defies —
Mrs A.K. Hayden interjected.
The SPEAKER : Just wait.
Mr P.C. TINLEY : I cannot
understand the logic between what the member is suggesting—that this
chamber, this minister and this government is responsible for national figures
on unemployment for youth. Newstart or Centrelink—do any of those
things ring a bell with the member, and about the national agreements for the
employment of young people and getting them into work?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P.C. TINLEY : Is any of
that ringing a bell for the member about what chamber she ought to be asking
that sort of question in?
Several members interjected
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P.C. TINLEY : The member is
so out of her depth, it is beyond comprehension.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Warren–Blackwood and member for Mirrabooka, I called you both to order.
It is not a shouting chamber.
Mr P.C. TINLEY : I will
respond to the point about my contribution to the employment figures of the
government of Western Australia under Mark McGowan.
Ms J.M. Freeman interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Mirrabooka, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr P.C. TINLEY : I was indeed
consulted, like every member of the cabinet. Indeed, a lot of time and sweat went
into the numbers and the arrangements by which we would undertake the recovery
of this state to bring it back from the abyss—the fiscal reef that
members opposite left it on and that we inherited not two years ago.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P.C. TINLEY : I can tell
the member for Darling Range that one thing we are doing to contribute to any
unemployment and getting Western Australians back into work is, firstly,
putting the books back into order and creating some sort of budget repair and
fiscal system that will give us the capacity to create better circumstances for
Western Australian businesses—the private capital that members opposite
seem to ignore. The party says it represents business but has no evidence for
the claim. It is asleep at the wheel and it was asleep at the wheel for eight
and a half years. It is very good at planning in a boom and spending the
poultice of cash that came through the door, but they were very poor at
planning for a boom. It is okay because the adults are on the right side of the
chamber. The grown-ups will take care of this for you! We will get the state's
finances back on track.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Vasse!
Mr P.C. TINLEY : We will
create the balance that is required in the budget to allow for the sorts of
programs that will get young people back into work and allow young people to
take the full opportunity of the natural endowment of the state. Nothing that
members opposite did ever contributed to it.
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