❓ Mrs. Hayden questions the Minister for Youth regarding youth unemployment rates in WA and the government's strategy to address it, particularly in relation to their 150,000 jobs plan. The Minister deflects, blaming the previous government and highlighting TAFE fee freezes and Metronet.
AnsweredQoN 129Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
YOUTH — UNEMPLOYMENT
129. Mrs A.K. HAYDEN to the Minister for Youth:
I have a supplementary question.
Given the minister's very strange response, can he confirm that he has
obviously not read the report on Australia's youth unemployment
hotspots that highlighted WA as the state with the second highest youth
unemployment rate in the country?
Ms J.J. Shaw interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Swan
Hills!
Mrs A.K. HAYDEN : Has the
minister sat down with the Premier —
The SPEAKER : It is a supplementary
question, member; it has to be a continuation of the first one.
Mrs A.K. HAYDEN : It is, Mr
Speaker.
What is the minister's
strategy with the Premier for their 150 000-jobs plan?
129. Mrs A.K. HAYDEN to the Minister for Youth:
I have a supplementary question.
Given the minister's very strange response, can he confirm that he has
obviously not read the report on Australia's youth unemployment
hotspots that highlighted WA as the state with the second highest youth
unemployment rate in the country?
Ms J.J. Shaw interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for Swan
Hills!
Mrs A.K. HAYDEN : Has the
minister sat down with the Premier —
The SPEAKER : It is a supplementary
question, member; it has to be a continuation of the first one.
Mrs A.K. HAYDEN : It is, Mr
Speaker.
What is the minister's
strategy with the Premier for their 150 000-jobs plan?
AnswerView source ↗
One thing I will tell the member is
that these things take some time.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P.C. TINLEY : Firstly, we
had to overturn some of the very poor decisions made by the government that the
member for Darling Range was a member of.
Mr D.C. Nalder : Like what?
Mr P.C. TINLEY : I refer to the 500 per cent TAFE fee
increase. We froze TAFE fees—the very thing that young Western Australians
need to find a way into the workforce. Metronet has more than $2.5 billion
worth of urban rail infrastructure of which 14 precincts will create those
sorts of construction jobs and the sorts of jobs around the design and
infrastructure support that are required for young people to get
apprenticeships and traineeships. The member for Darling Range is out of her
depth. Can she come back with something more cogent next time?
that these things take some time.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr P.C. TINLEY : Firstly, we
had to overturn some of the very poor decisions made by the government that the
member for Darling Range was a member of.
Mr D.C. Nalder : Like what?
Mr P.C. TINLEY : I refer to the 500 per cent TAFE fee
increase. We froze TAFE fees—the very thing that young Western Australians
need to find a way into the workforce. Metronet has more than $2.5 billion
worth of urban rail infrastructure of which 14 precincts will create those
sorts of construction jobs and the sorts of jobs around the design and
infrastructure support that are required for young people to get
apprenticeships and traineeships. The member for Darling Range is out of her
depth. Can she come back with something more cogent next time?
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