❓ The Minister for Education and Training outlines the growth in apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia, highlighting a 63% increase since 2001 and the success of the Skills Formation Taskforce in reforming the training system.
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APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
Can the minister outline Western Australia’s growth in apprenticeships and traineeships? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
Can the minister outline Western Australia’s growth in apprenticeships and traineeships? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am sure that the question took a lot of time to put together. It is very thought provoking. I am more than happy to respond to the question. As we know, Western Australia has 14 per cent growth. The rest of the First World could only dream of that rate. One of our challenges is to ensure that we have skilled labour for the labour market. One of the first things I did as Minister for Education and Training was to establish the Skills Formation Taskforce. Members of this house will be aware of the many reforms that have been recommended by the Skills Formation Taskforce. I compliment it on the work it has done and the great results it has delivered to Western Australia. The work of the task force means that we can move from a time-served system for apprenticeship training to a fully competency-based system. It has delivered a reduction in the nominal time taken to undertake an apprenticeship in this state. These are the biggest reforms we have seen in nearly 100 years. There was a motion on the notice paper today about school-based traineeships. Last week the Industrial Training Amendment Bill 2006 was introduced into the Legislative Assembly. It will enable part-time apprenticeships, including school-based apprenticeships. Since 2001 - sometimes one wishes that Hon Graham Giffard were here, but he is not today - the number of apprentices and trainees in training in Western Australia - Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am sure that the question took a lot of time to put together. It is very thought provoking. I am more than happy to respond to the question. As we know, Western Australia has 14 per cent growth. The rest of the First World could only dream of that rate. One of our challenges is to ensure that we have skilled labour for the labour market. One of the first things I did as Minister for Education and Training was to establish the Skills Formation Taskforce. Members of this house will be aware of the many reforms that have been recommended by the Skills Formation Taskforce. I compliment it on the work it has done and the great results it has delivered to Western Australia. The work of the task force means that we can move from a time-served system for apprenticeship training to a fully competency-based system. It has delivered a reduction in the nominal time taken to undertake an apprenticeship in this state. These are the biggest reforms we have seen in nearly 100 years. There was a motion on the notice paper today about school-based traineeships. Last week the Industrial Training Amendment Bill 2006 was introduced into the Legislative Assembly. It will enable part-time apprenticeships, including school-based apprenticeships. Since 2001 - sometimes one wishes that Hon Graham Giffard were here, but he is not today - the number of apprentices and trainees in training in Western Australia - Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am sure that the question took a lot of time to put together. It is very thought provoking. I am more than happy to respond to the question. As we know, Western Australia has 14 per cent growth. The rest of the First World could only dream of that rate. One of our challenges is to ensure that we have skilled labour for the labour market. One of the first things I did as Minister for Education and Training was to establish the Skills Formation Taskforce. Members of this house will be aware of the many reforms that have been recommended by the Skills Formation Taskforce. I compliment it on the work it has done and the great results it has delivered to Western Australia. The work of the task force means that we can move from a time-served system for apprenticeship training to a fully competency-based system. It has delivered a reduction in the nominal time taken to undertake an apprenticeship in this state. These are the biggest reforms we have seen in nearly 100 years. There was a motion on the notice paper today about school-based traineeships. Last week the Industrial Training Amendment Bill 2006 was introduced into the Legislative Assembly. It will enable part-time apprenticeships, including school-based apprenticeships. Since 2001 - sometimes one wishes that Hon Graham Giffard were here, but he is not today - the number of apprentices and trainees in training in Western Australia - Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
One of the first things I did as Minister for Education and Training was to establish the Skills Formation Taskforce. Members of this house will be aware of the many reforms that have been recommended by the Skills Formation Taskforce. I compliment it on the work it has done and the great results it has delivered to Western Australia. The work of the task force means that we can move from a time-served system for apprenticeship training to a fully competency-based system. It has delivered a reduction in the nominal time taken to undertake an apprenticeship in this state. These are the biggest reforms we have seen in nearly 100 years. There was a motion on the notice paper today about school-based traineeships. Last week the Industrial Training Amendment Bill 2006 was introduced into the Legislative Assembly. It will enable part-time apprenticeships, including school-based apprenticeships. Since 2001 - sometimes one wishes that Hon Graham Giffard were here, but he is not today - the number of apprentices and trainees in training in Western Australia - Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Since 2001 - sometimes one wishes that Hon Graham Giffard were here, but he is not today - the number of apprentices and trainees in training in Western Australia - Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am sure that the question took a lot of time to put together. It is very thought provoking. I am more than happy to respond to the question. As we know, Western Australia has 14 per cent growth. The rest of the First World could only dream of that rate. One of our challenges is to ensure that we have skilled labour for the labour market. One of the first things I did as Minister for Education and Training was to establish the Skills Formation Taskforce. Members of this house will be aware of the many reforms that have been recommended by the Skills Formation Taskforce. I compliment it on the work it has done and the great results it has delivered to Western Australia. The work of the task force means that we can move from a time-served system for apprenticeship training to a fully competency-based system. It has delivered a reduction in the nominal time taken to undertake an apprenticeship in this state. These are the biggest reforms we have seen in nearly 100 years. There was a motion on the notice paper today about school-based traineeships. Last week the Industrial Training Amendment Bill 2006 was introduced into the Legislative Assembly. It will enable part-time apprenticeships, including school-based apprenticeships. Since 2001 - sometimes one wishes that Hon Graham Giffard were here, but he is not today - the number of apprentices and trainees in training in Western Australia - Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. I am sure that the question took a lot of time to put together. It is very thought provoking. I am more than happy to respond to the question. As we know, Western Australia has 14 per cent growth. The rest of the First World could only dream of that rate. One of our challenges is to ensure that we have skilled labour for the labour market. One of the first things I did as Minister for Education and Training was to establish the Skills Formation Taskforce. Members of this house will be aware of the many reforms that have been recommended by the Skills Formation Taskforce. I compliment it on the work it has done and the great results it has delivered to Western Australia. The work of the task force means that we can move from a time-served system for apprenticeship training to a fully competency-based system. It has delivered a reduction in the nominal time taken to undertake an apprenticeship in this state. These are the biggest reforms we have seen in nearly 100 years. There was a motion on the notice paper today about school-based traineeships. Last week the Industrial Training Amendment Bill 2006 was introduced into the Legislative Assembly. It will enable part-time apprenticeships, including school-based apprenticeships. Since 2001 - sometimes one wishes that Hon Graham Giffard were here, but he is not today - the number of apprentices and trainees in training in Western Australia - Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
One of the first things I did as Minister for Education and Training was to establish the Skills Formation Taskforce. Members of this house will be aware of the many reforms that have been recommended by the Skills Formation Taskforce. I compliment it on the work it has done and the great results it has delivered to Western Australia. The work of the task force means that we can move from a time-served system for apprenticeship training to a fully competency-based system. It has delivered a reduction in the nominal time taken to undertake an apprenticeship in this state. These are the biggest reforms we have seen in nearly 100 years. There was a motion on the notice paper today about school-based traineeships. Last week the Industrial Training Amendment Bill 2006 was introduced into the Legislative Assembly. It will enable part-time apprenticeships, including school-based apprenticeships. Since 2001 - sometimes one wishes that Hon Graham Giffard were here, but he is not today - the number of apprentices and trainees in training in Western Australia - Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Since 2001 - sometimes one wishes that Hon Graham Giffard were here, but he is not today - the number of apprentices and trainees in training in Western Australia - Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon George Cash interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member is a kidder! However, he cannot distract me from the truth. Here is the truth. Members should look at this graph to see where we sit. Here is Western Australia and there is Australia generally. We have increased the number of apprenticeships by 63 per cent. What do we see for Australia? We see that during that time there has been an increase of only 35 per cent. This graph tells a fantastic story. Members may recall that we went to the election promising that we would get 30 000 apprentices and trainees in the system, and that it would take four years to achieve. We did that in the first nine months of our term in office. It is totally commendable. As a result of that, we actually had to set a new target. We set that new target and we have just about met it. We set the target at 33 000 and now we have 32 300 apprentices and trainees in the system. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : It is funny that members should ask. Here we go again, and members should look at this. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words, and it does not get much worse than this. There goes the Liberal Party at the bottom, and it cannot get much lower than that. Members should then look at this - all under. Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon Simon O’Brien : Hansard has no idea what you are talking about. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : What a fantastic picture it is. I know members opposite do not like it. It excites them and we have to settle them down, but they need to get used to the truth because it is a fantastic story from a fantastic government.
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