House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-12-01 Daily Xml

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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 (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.