❓ Question regarding the impact of the Prime Minister's proposed apprentice wage changes on the skills shortage in WA. The Minister's response is highly critical of the proposal, deeming it simplistic and inadequate.
AnsweredQoN 675Legislative Council
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Will the minister advise the house of the likely impact on the skills shortage of the Prime Minister’s proposal - which was announced yesterday - for apprentice and trainee wages to be set by the Australian Fair Pay Commission? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I have a funny idea that I will be able to provide a response to the question! First of all, I thank Hon Graham Giffard, who puts an enormous amount of effort into framing his questions. He continually shows a demonstrated interest in training and training directions in Western Australia. I put my thanks to him on record. Everyone knows that there is a skills shortage. In fact, every state has a similar problem. However, I put on record that it seems to me that the only people who are unaware of the extent of the skills shortage, particularly in Western Australia, seem to be Minister Nelson and the Prime Minister. Under the last quadrennial funding agreement, there was no recognition of the fact that Western Australia has a skills shortage. There was also no recognition of the fact that Western Australia represents 30 per cent of gross domestic product. I find it hard to believe that somebody can be the Prime Minister or the training minister of this country and have no idea of the extent of the skills shortage problem and make no allowance for the fact that we have significant skills shortages. I have been advised - members have probably read it in the newspaper - that the Prime Minister has come up with an interesting proposal on how to deal with the skills shortages. Do members know what the proposal is? His proposal is to drastically cut the wages of apprentices. That is the solution of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education, Science and Training to skills shortages. They want to cut wages of apprentices to $6.90 an hour for a 40-hour week. That will only make the situation worse. A recent study by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research found that low wages were a key factor for non-completion of apprenticeships. The Prime Minister and the federal minister want to employ a strategy that will result in the erosion of the wages of apprentices and implement a policy that will reduce the number of apprentices taking up apprenticeships at a time of skills shortages. This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I have a funny idea that I will be able to provide a response to the question! First of all, I thank Hon Graham Giffard, who puts an enormous amount of effort into framing his questions. He continually shows a demonstrated interest in training and training directions in Western Australia. I put my thanks to him on record. Everyone knows that there is a skills shortage. In fact, every state has a similar problem. However, I put on record that it seems to me that the only people who are unaware of the extent of the skills shortage, particularly in Western Australia, seem to be Minister Nelson and the Prime Minister. Under the last quadrennial funding agreement, there was no recognition of the fact that Western Australia has a skills shortage. There was also no recognition of the fact that Western Australia represents 30 per cent of gross domestic product. I find it hard to believe that somebody can be the Prime Minister or the training minister of this country and have no idea of the extent of the skills shortage problem and make no allowance for the fact that we have significant skills shortages. I have been advised - members have probably read it in the newspaper - that the Prime Minister has come up with an interesting proposal on how to deal with the skills shortages. Do members know what the proposal is? His proposal is to drastically cut the wages of apprentices. That is the solution of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education, Science and Training to skills shortages. They want to cut wages of apprentices to $6.90 an hour for a 40-hour week. That will only make the situation worse. A recent study by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research found that low wages were a key factor for non-completion of apprenticeships. The Prime Minister and the federal minister want to employ a strategy that will result in the erosion of the wages of apprentices and implement a policy that will reduce the number of apprentices taking up apprenticeships at a time of skills shortages. This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
I have a funny idea that I will be able to provide a response to the question! First of all, I thank Hon Graham Giffard, who puts an enormous amount of effort into framing his questions. He continually shows a demonstrated interest in training and training directions in Western Australia. I put my thanks to him on record. Everyone knows that there is a skills shortage. In fact, every state has a similar problem. However, I put on record that it seems to me that the only people who are unaware of the extent of the skills shortage, particularly in Western Australia, seem to be Minister Nelson and the Prime Minister. Under the last quadrennial funding agreement, there was no recognition of the fact that Western Australia has a skills shortage. There was also no recognition of the fact that Western Australia represents 30 per cent of gross domestic product. I find it hard to believe that somebody can be the Prime Minister or the training minister of this country and have no idea of the extent of the skills shortage problem and make no allowance for the fact that we have significant skills shortages. I have been advised - members have probably read it in the newspaper - that the Prime Minister has come up with an interesting proposal on how to deal with the skills shortages. Do members know what the proposal is? His proposal is to drastically cut the wages of apprentices. That is the solution of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education, Science and Training to skills shortages. They want to cut wages of apprentices to $6.90 an hour for a 40-hour week. That will only make the situation worse. A recent study by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research found that low wages were a key factor for non-completion of apprenticeships. The Prime Minister and the federal minister want to employ a strategy that will result in the erosion of the wages of apprentices and implement a policy that will reduce the number of apprentices taking up apprenticeships at a time of skills shortages. This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
Everyone knows that there is a skills shortage. In fact, every state has a similar problem. However, I put on record that it seems to me that the only people who are unaware of the extent of the skills shortage, particularly in Western Australia, seem to be Minister Nelson and the Prime Minister. Under the last quadrennial funding agreement, there was no recognition of the fact that Western Australia has a skills shortage. There was also no recognition of the fact that Western Australia represents 30 per cent of gross domestic product. I find it hard to believe that somebody can be the Prime Minister or the training minister of this country and have no idea of the extent of the skills shortage problem and make no allowance for the fact that we have significant skills shortages. I have been advised - members have probably read it in the newspaper - that the Prime Minister has come up with an interesting proposal on how to deal with the skills shortages. Do members know what the proposal is? His proposal is to drastically cut the wages of apprentices. That is the solution of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education, Science and Training to skills shortages. They want to cut wages of apprentices to $6.90 an hour for a 40-hour week. That will only make the situation worse. A recent study by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research found that low wages were a key factor for non-completion of apprenticeships. The Prime Minister and the federal minister want to employ a strategy that will result in the erosion of the wages of apprentices and implement a policy that will reduce the number of apprentices taking up apprenticeships at a time of skills shortages. This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
I have been advised - members have probably read it in the newspaper - that the Prime Minister has come up with an interesting proposal on how to deal with the skills shortages. Do members know what the proposal is? His proposal is to drastically cut the wages of apprentices. That is the solution of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education, Science and Training to skills shortages. They want to cut wages of apprentices to $6.90 an hour for a 40-hour week. That will only make the situation worse. A recent study by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research found that low wages were a key factor for non-completion of apprenticeships. The Prime Minister and the federal minister want to employ a strategy that will result in the erosion of the wages of apprentices and implement a policy that will reduce the number of apprentices taking up apprenticeships at a time of skills shortages. This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I have a funny idea that I will be able to provide a response to the question! First of all, I thank Hon Graham Giffard, who puts an enormous amount of effort into framing his questions. He continually shows a demonstrated interest in training and training directions in Western Australia. I put my thanks to him on record. Everyone knows that there is a skills shortage. In fact, every state has a similar problem. However, I put on record that it seems to me that the only people who are unaware of the extent of the skills shortage, particularly in Western Australia, seem to be Minister Nelson and the Prime Minister. Under the last quadrennial funding agreement, there was no recognition of the fact that Western Australia has a skills shortage. There was also no recognition of the fact that Western Australia represents 30 per cent of gross domestic product. I find it hard to believe that somebody can be the Prime Minister or the training minister of this country and have no idea of the extent of the skills shortage problem and make no allowance for the fact that we have significant skills shortages. I have been advised - members have probably read it in the newspaper - that the Prime Minister has come up with an interesting proposal on how to deal with the skills shortages. Do members know what the proposal is? His proposal is to drastically cut the wages of apprentices. That is the solution of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education, Science and Training to skills shortages. They want to cut wages of apprentices to $6.90 an hour for a 40-hour week. That will only make the situation worse. A recent study by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research found that low wages were a key factor for non-completion of apprenticeships. The Prime Minister and the federal minister want to employ a strategy that will result in the erosion of the wages of apprentices and implement a policy that will reduce the number of apprentices taking up apprenticeships at a time of skills shortages. This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
I have a funny idea that I will be able to provide a response to the question! First of all, I thank Hon Graham Giffard, who puts an enormous amount of effort into framing his questions. He continually shows a demonstrated interest in training and training directions in Western Australia. I put my thanks to him on record. Everyone knows that there is a skills shortage. In fact, every state has a similar problem. However, I put on record that it seems to me that the only people who are unaware of the extent of the skills shortage, particularly in Western Australia, seem to be Minister Nelson and the Prime Minister. Under the last quadrennial funding agreement, there was no recognition of the fact that Western Australia has a skills shortage. There was also no recognition of the fact that Western Australia represents 30 per cent of gross domestic product. I find it hard to believe that somebody can be the Prime Minister or the training minister of this country and have no idea of the extent of the skills shortage problem and make no allowance for the fact that we have significant skills shortages. I have been advised - members have probably read it in the newspaper - that the Prime Minister has come up with an interesting proposal on how to deal with the skills shortages. Do members know what the proposal is? His proposal is to drastically cut the wages of apprentices. That is the solution of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education, Science and Training to skills shortages. They want to cut wages of apprentices to $6.90 an hour for a 40-hour week. That will only make the situation worse. A recent study by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research found that low wages were a key factor for non-completion of apprenticeships. The Prime Minister and the federal minister want to employ a strategy that will result in the erosion of the wages of apprentices and implement a policy that will reduce the number of apprentices taking up apprenticeships at a time of skills shortages. This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
Everyone knows that there is a skills shortage. In fact, every state has a similar problem. However, I put on record that it seems to me that the only people who are unaware of the extent of the skills shortage, particularly in Western Australia, seem to be Minister Nelson and the Prime Minister. Under the last quadrennial funding agreement, there was no recognition of the fact that Western Australia has a skills shortage. There was also no recognition of the fact that Western Australia represents 30 per cent of gross domestic product. I find it hard to believe that somebody can be the Prime Minister or the training minister of this country and have no idea of the extent of the skills shortage problem and make no allowance for the fact that we have significant skills shortages. I have been advised - members have probably read it in the newspaper - that the Prime Minister has come up with an interesting proposal on how to deal with the skills shortages. Do members know what the proposal is? His proposal is to drastically cut the wages of apprentices. That is the solution of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education, Science and Training to skills shortages. They want to cut wages of apprentices to $6.90 an hour for a 40-hour week. That will only make the situation worse. A recent study by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research found that low wages were a key factor for non-completion of apprenticeships. The Prime Minister and the federal minister want to employ a strategy that will result in the erosion of the wages of apprentices and implement a policy that will reduce the number of apprentices taking up apprenticeships at a time of skills shortages. This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
I have been advised - members have probably read it in the newspaper - that the Prime Minister has come up with an interesting proposal on how to deal with the skills shortages. Do members know what the proposal is? His proposal is to drastically cut the wages of apprentices. That is the solution of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education, Science and Training to skills shortages. They want to cut wages of apprentices to $6.90 an hour for a 40-hour week. That will only make the situation worse. A recent study by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research found that low wages were a key factor for non-completion of apprenticeships. The Prime Minister and the federal minister want to employ a strategy that will result in the erosion of the wages of apprentices and implement a policy that will reduce the number of apprentices taking up apprenticeships at a time of skills shortages. This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
This government has a very impressive record in dealing with skills shortages. I understand that my colleague, Hon Graham Giffard, just happens to have a chart that shows where the Court government was on levels of apprenticeships and trainees and where the Gallop government has taken the levels of apprentices and trainees. This government is going from strength to strength. It will not support the commonwealth government’s policy. I tell the Prime Minister and Minister Nelson that we do not need their solutions in Western Australia because their solutions are simplistic and inadequate, and will only hurt training in Western Australia. Point of Order Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I was going to ask whether the two documents identified could be tabled; namely, the graph and the words attributed to the Prime Minister about how the wages of apprentices were being reduced. Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
Hon Ken Travers : They don’t have to be identified. Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN : I did not ask for them to be identified; I asked for them to be tabled, and this is the appropriate time to ask. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! Hon Simon O’Brien has raised a point of order. There is no point of order, but the minister may, if she wishes, table the documents in due course. “In due course” is not now, though; it is when we get to further answers. Questions without Notice Resumed
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