❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the Treasurer on the implementation date of the new wages policy for medical practitioners' enterprise bargaining agreements, highlighting a discrepancy between the budget cut-off date and the policy's commencement. The Treasurer defends the timing, citing the policy's announcement post-budget cut-off.
AnsweredQoN 652Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
MEDICAL
PRACTITIONERS — ENTERPRISE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
652. Mr B.S. WYATT to the
Treasurer:
I have a supplementary question. In light of the fact that we
are nearly halfway through the first financial year in which the Treasurer's
new wages policy applies, why did it not apply at the budget cut-off date, but
at 1 November?
PRACTITIONERS — ENTERPRISE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
652. Mr B.S. WYATT to the
Treasurer:
I have a supplementary question. In light of the fact that we
are nearly halfway through the first financial year in which the Treasurer's
new wages policy applies, why did it not apply at the budget cut-off date, but
at 1 November?
AnswerView source ↗
It is very hard to have a policy that applies at the cut-off
date for the budget when we did not announce it until the budget, which is
after the cut-off date. We had to pick a time at which the new policy would
apply, and that is 1 November.
Mr
B.S. Wyatt interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL :
We will enter into negotiations under that policy, unlike the Labor Party,
whose policy was neither to lead nor to follow.
date for the budget when we did not announce it until the budget, which is
after the cut-off date. We had to pick a time at which the new policy would
apply, and that is 1 November.
Mr
B.S. Wyatt interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the first time.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL :
We will enter into negotiations under that policy, unlike the Labor Party,
whose policy was neither to lead nor to follow.
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