Page 3488 - Week 11 - Thursday, 14 October 1993

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Question put:

That the motion (Mr Humphries's) be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 7 NOES, 10

Mrs Carnell Mr Berry
Mr Cornwell Mr Connolly
Mr De Domenico Ms Ellis
Mr Humphries Ms Follett
Mr Kaine Mrs Grassby
Mr Stevenson Mr Lamont
Mr Westende Ms McRae
Mr Moore
Ms Szuty
Mr Wood

Question so resolved in the negative.

Sitting suspended from 12.04 to 2.30 pm

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

MADAM SPEAKER: Members, I would like to inform you of the presence in the gallery of a delegation from the Nara City Local Assembly led by Speaker Kojima.

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Government Service - Excess Staff

MRS CARNELL: Madam Speaker, my question is to the Chief Minister. Noting that both the Industrial Relations Commission and the Trades and Labour Council have suggested that the Government should nominate programs where staff exist in excess of need, are there programs in the administration where staff exist in excess of need? If so, can the Chief Minister indicate which of those areas are currently subject to negotiations?

MS FOLLETT: Madam Speaker, I thank Mrs Carnell for her question. I would like to say at the start that the voluntary separation scheme, which, as members know, the Industrial Relations Commission has put a stop to, was but one part of the Government's restructuring effort which was outlined in the budget. In fact the decision of the Industrial Relations Commission will have limited impact on the budget, as it relates to the process of the voluntary separation scheme only, rather than to the restructuring effort as a whole. As I announced in the budget, there will be a series of reviews undertaken throughout 1993-94, the aim of which is to assist us in restructuring. I expect that implementation of the outcome of the reviews will require the use of redundancy funding, so we are still building in that redundancy idea.

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