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The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (14:43): Further supplementary: how many support workers has the minister actually attempted to hire, rather than just qualify, in the aged-care and disability sectors in recent months, and can the minister outline the turnover rate in the disability and aged support sectors for support workers?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (14:43): Sorry, I didn't catch the first question, the question around support workers.

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: How many support workers has the minister actually attempted to hire of those qualified in the disability and aged sectors, and can you outline the rate of turnover for these workers?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: The honourable member would need to go to the industry for those figures. The government doesn't hire—do you mean education support workers in education?

The Hon. K.L. Vincent: No, in disability.

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: I don't have those figures. I am not the minister responsible for disability services. The honourable member would have to get that from the disability minister. However, as I have indicated in terms of the modelling that has been done through TASC, we are well placed in terms of our qualified labour force needs in the disability and community services sector. The honourable member would need to inquire into the industry itself to glean turnover. In terms of the VET sector, we look at completion rates and such like, but once people are out and employed we do not collect that data.

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