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Answers to questions

Light rail—employment
(Question No 148)

Mr Coe asked the Minister for Transport and City Services, upon notice, on 24 March 2017:

(1) Has a Local Industry Participation Plan, or similar, been implemented as part of the contract with Canberra Metro for the light rail project; if so, can the Minister, outline the obligations, if any, of the Canberra Metro consortium to employ Canberrans and to engage subcontractors based in the Australian Capital Territory.

(2) How many Canberrans have been directly employed to date by Canberra Metro to work on the light rail project.

(3) How many subcontractors based (a) in and (b) outside of the Australian Capital Territory have been engaged by the Canberra Metro consortium to work on the light rail project.

(4) What process is in place to allow local businesses the opportunity to bid for work on the light rail project?

(5) Has a Subcontractor Forum been established by the Canberra Metro consortium or by Transport Canberra; if so, (a) how many meetings of the Forum have been held to date and (b) are minutes of the Forum’s meetings publicly available.

Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The Canberra Metro Consortium has a contractual obligation to recognise the ACT Government’s requirements for local industry participation. Canberra Metro has prepared its Local Industry Participation Plan (LIPP).

This plan addresses the ways by which Canberra Metro intends to identify, create, communicate and provide opportunities to local industry in Canberra and the surrounding region. It includes:

• workforce skills development and training;

• partnership with UNSW @ ADFA to provide undergraduate students with work experience placements;

• local industry and Small Medium Enterprise (SME) participation strategies; and

• key performance indicators and reporting mechanisms.

The LIPP outlines the following commitments

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