Enterprise Bargaining

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (14:37): Further supplementary: can the Treasurer assure the chamber that his refusal to provide back pay will not make it more difficult to attract and retain nurses, teachers and police?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:37): I am very confident that our hardworking teachers, nurses and police, and other public servants, see the great joys and advantages of living and working with their families here in South Australia. We are certainly seeing no evidence in relation to those employment groups of a mass flight of teachers, nurses and police to the other states of Australia.