❓ Mr. Rundle questions the Minister for Training on whether they agree with the Prime Minister's decision to reduce the state's nominated migration program. The Minister denies agreeing and states they have communicated the need for skilled workers to the federal government.
AnsweredQoN 552Legislative Assembly
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STATE ECONOMY — MIGRATION
552. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Training:
I have a supplementary question. Can
I therefore take it that the minister agrees with the Prime Minister's
decision to slash the state's nominated migration program?
552. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Training:
I have a supplementary question. Can
I therefore take it that the minister agrees with the Prime Minister's
decision to slash the state's nominated migration program?
AnswerView source ↗
I did not say anything of the sort,
and I think the member knows that. I said that we have sent a very clear
message to the federal government. We are doing a lot in the training effort,
and a lot of that is done cooperatively with the federal government. We appreciate that cooperation. The other thing I have
said publicly and privately to the ministers to whom I referred,
including the Prime Minister, is that we have demand now for skilled workers
and we have requested that the federal government revisit that decision. The
Premier has done that formally by correspondence and I backed that up in the
conversations I had. I am confident that they heard that message while they
were here. We will continue to work through those issues. I reiterate that I took
them at their word when they said that they inherited a dysfunctional
processing system from the previous government and that they are trying to work
through that, but we do need to send a message to our overseas markets that we
want skilled migrants to come here.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Ms S.F. McGURK : We will
continue to work to overcome those issues. We have been very clear in our
message to the federal government.
and I think the member knows that. I said that we have sent a very clear
message to the federal government. We are doing a lot in the training effort,
and a lot of that is done cooperatively with the federal government. We appreciate that cooperation. The other thing I have
said publicly and privately to the ministers to whom I referred,
including the Prime Minister, is that we have demand now for skilled workers
and we have requested that the federal government revisit that decision. The
Premier has done that formally by correspondence and I backed that up in the
conversations I had. I am confident that they heard that message while they
were here. We will continue to work through those issues. I reiterate that I took
them at their word when they said that they inherited a dysfunctional
processing system from the previous government and that they are trying to work
through that, but we do need to send a message to our overseas markets that we
want skilled migrants to come here.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Ms S.F. McGURK : We will
continue to work to overcome those issues. We have been very clear in our
message to the federal government.
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