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QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE
SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION:
MR KAINE: CHIEF MINISTER TELL THE ASSEMBLY IN ROUND FIGURES HOW MANY JOBS DOES SHE EXPECT HER INITIATIVES WILL CREATE IN THE A.C.T. IN THIS FISCAL YEAR:
MY ANSWER IS: .
THE 1991-92 BUDGET FORECAST A.C.T. EMPLOYMENT GROWTH OF 1So. AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT IN 1990-91 WAS 149 600. IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1991-92, AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT IN THE A-CT. INCREASED BY 450 JOBS TO 150 050. THIS INCLUDES THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR, PRIMARILY THE COMMONWEALTH. THE INCREASE IN A.C.T. EMPLOYMENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR CONTRASTS wrI7H A FALL OF 1.696 NATIONALLY.
MY BUDGET INCLUDED INITIATIVES AIMED AT LONG-TERM AND SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS. WE DID NOT UNDERTAKE SHORT-TERM JOB CREATION SCHEMES.
INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED IN THE 1991-92 BUDGET ON EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING WERE TO IMPROVE THE SKILL BASE OF OUR WORKFORCE, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION GIVEN TO OUR YOUTH.
THE GOVERNMENTS POLICY IS ALSO TO CREATE A BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO GROWTH IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. I RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A WIDE RANGE OF INITIATIVES AT THE LAUNCH OF CANBERRA BUSINESS WEEK 1991. THESE INCLUDED:
- A BUSINESS LICENCE INFORMATION SERVICE.
- A STRENGTHENED APPROACH TO BUSINESS REGULATION REVIEW;
- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF "BUSINESS lJNEw
- THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE NATIONAL INDUSTRY EXTENSION SERVICE, A JOINT COMMONWEALTIVIERRITORY PROGRAM WHICH ASSISTS COMPANIES TO MOVE INTO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.
- ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WITH THE COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT
- OF INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE TO ENSURE A.C.T.
BENEFIT FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SMALL AND
MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROGRAM TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE, RELEVANT BUSINESS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
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