❓ Opposition questions Premier about offshore resource sector jobs impacting local apprenticeships and unemployment. Premier defends government's actions, citing increased apprenticeship numbers and industry engagement.
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RESOURCES SECTOR — LOCAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
I note that the Premier is the first Premier in Western Australia to sign a state agreement preferencing foreign jobs to local jobs. Given that the recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows that youth unemployment in south metropolitan suburbs around the Kwinana strip has increased to 11.7 per cent in the most recent September quarter, I ask — (1) Does the Premier acknowledge that his policy of allowing our big resource companies to send their skilled engineering and fabrication work offshore is preventing local kids from getting skilled apprenticeships? (2) Does the Premier now concede that on his watch apprenticeship numbers have dropped by 3 620 since he came to government, with our kids struggling to find work because of his lack of real action towards local jobs? (3) In an effort to understand available local jobs, has the Premier been receiving regular reports from the Gorgon joint venture on the issue of local professional services and materials, as is required by Gorgon’s gas processing and infrastructure agreement? Mr C.J. BARNETT
I note that the Premier is the first Premier in Western Australia to sign a state agreement preferencing foreign jobs to local jobs. Given that the recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows that youth unemployment in south metropolitan suburbs around the Kwinana strip has increased to 11.7 per cent in the most recent September quarter, I ask — (1) Does the Premier acknowledge that his policy of allowing our big resource companies to send their skilled engineering and fabrication work offshore is preventing local kids from getting skilled apprenticeships? (2) Does the Premier now concede that on his watch apprenticeship numbers have dropped by 3 620 since he came to government, with our kids struggling to find work because of his lack of real action towards local jobs? (3) In an effort to understand available local jobs, has the Premier been receiving regular reports from the Gorgon joint venture on the issue of local professional services and materials, as is required by Gorgon’s gas processing and infrastructure agreement? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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(1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
(1) Does the Premier acknowledge that his policy of allowing our big resource companies to send their skilled engineering and fabrication work offshore is preventing local kids from getting skilled apprenticeships? (2) Does the Premier now concede that on his watch apprenticeship numbers have dropped by 3 620 since he came to government, with our kids struggling to find work because of his lack of real action towards local jobs? (3) In an effort to understand available local jobs, has the Premier been receiving regular reports from the Gorgon joint venture on the issue of local professional services and materials, as is required by Gorgon’s gas processing and infrastructure agreement? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
(2) Does the Premier now concede that on his watch apprenticeship numbers have dropped by 3 620 since he came to government, with our kids struggling to find work because of his lack of real action towards local jobs? (3) In an effort to understand available local jobs, has the Premier been receiving regular reports from the Gorgon joint venture on the issue of local professional services and materials, as is required by Gorgon’s gas processing and infrastructure agreement? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
(3) In an effort to understand available local jobs, has the Premier been receiving regular reports from the Gorgon joint venture on the issue of local professional services and materials, as is required by Gorgon’s gas processing and infrastructure agreement? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
(1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
(1) Does the Premier acknowledge that his policy of allowing our big resource companies to send their skilled engineering and fabrication work offshore is preventing local kids from getting skilled apprenticeships? (2) Does the Premier now concede that on his watch apprenticeship numbers have dropped by 3 620 since he came to government, with our kids struggling to find work because of his lack of real action towards local jobs? (3) In an effort to understand available local jobs, has the Premier been receiving regular reports from the Gorgon joint venture on the issue of local professional services and materials, as is required by Gorgon’s gas processing and infrastructure agreement? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
(2) Does the Premier now concede that on his watch apprenticeship numbers have dropped by 3 620 since he came to government, with our kids struggling to find work because of his lack of real action towards local jobs? (3) In an effort to understand available local jobs, has the Premier been receiving regular reports from the Gorgon joint venture on the issue of local professional services and materials, as is required by Gorgon’s gas processing and infrastructure agreement? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
(3) In an effort to understand available local jobs, has the Premier been receiving regular reports from the Gorgon joint venture on the issue of local professional services and materials, as is required by Gorgon’s gas processing and infrastructure agreement? Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: (1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
(1)–(3) Fortuitously, I have just been passed a piece of paper, which says to me that the number of apprentices who commenced in the 2010 calendar year is 10 177, which compares with 6 943 in the preceding year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Compared with what in 2008? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Compared with the preceding year. Bear in mind that 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis—let us put the economic cycle into it—the number of apprentices has therefore gone up by almost 50 per cent this year. Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr P.C. Tinley : Are they new apprenticeships, Premier, or are they just retraining? How many are retraining? The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
The SPEAKER : Member for Willagee! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, this government is giving a huge priority to apprenticeship training. I do agree with the member opposite. As I have said in answers to previous questions, the amount of work going through some of those workshops is about a third of their usual capacity, or is not at the capacity at which they would aspire to operate. I recognise that. That is why I went to those workshops. I congratulate the members opposite who have raised this issue. They have a right to raise it. It is important. I bear in mind, though, that many of the agreement acts that the member is talking about were actually signed under the Labor government. Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You are administering them now. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Leader of the Opposition should not be holier than thou. We do not have to go far back in history. We have been in government for only two years. However, Mr Speaker, as you are aware, I went to those workshops a couple of weeks ago with Hon Simon O’Brien in his role as Minister for Commerce. We talked to the workers and supervisors, we looked at the shops and, indeed, in the following few days I will be returning to those same workshops with some of the leaders of the Australian and Western Australian mining and petroleum industries. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you got the reports from Gorgon? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Some of the big modules of Gorgon were never contestable for Western Australian industry. I have had an undertaking, which is still to be delivered, that the companies in both the petroleum industry and the mining industry will break up some of those projects and direct more work into our workshops. Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr P.C. Tinley : Have you been receiving regular reports, as they are mandated to do? The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
The SPEAKER : Member! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The members opposite are absolutely infatuated with documents and pieces of paper, rather than actually doing the job. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Question after question is about reports, reviews, bits of paper and correspondence. Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : We call it accountability. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Members opposite call it accountability! The difference is that on this side of the house when we see a problem, we do something about it. Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr R.H. Cook : You had a cup of tea in the boardroom! Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : No, we did not have a cup of tea. We walked around, talked to the workers and talked to the supervisors. That is what we did, and in the next few days I will be taking to those workshops the heads of the biggest companies in this state, many of whom probably have not been inside those workshops. For the first time, they will be.
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