House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Labour Market Transition Program LABOUR MARKET TRANSITION PROGRAM Mr PEDERICK House of Assembly Hammond LABOUR MARKET TRANSITION PROGRAM 533 Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (15 September 2009). With reference to Budget Paper 4, Volume 1, page 5.14 of the 2008-09 Budget—what programs are in place for the Labour Market Transition and how many regions have taken up this program? The Hon. P. CAICA House of Assembly Colton Minister for Agriculture Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Forests Minister for Regional Development LABOUR MARKET TRANSITION PROGRAM The Hon. P. CAICA (Colton—Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development): I am advised: 742 people from drought affected circumstances had completed training under this initiative to 30 June 2009. Licenses in heavy truck, B-Double, forklift and front end loader have been acquired. Some were also trained in the operation of dump trucks/haul packs in a simulator that was located at the Port Augusta Campus. The principal regions accessing the program were Eyre Peninsula and the Riverland.