Mr SETTER - 1996-05-15
I understand that the International Project Management Unit, for which he has responsibility, is running a training program for Indonesian people at Ayers Rock. What does this program involve?
Mr Bailey: Why don't you ask him about Nick Dondas's wife's company business?
Mr SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Bailey: You can do that one while you are on your feet. We have been waiting for 3 months.
Mr SPEAKER: Order!
ANSWER
Mr Speaker, I guess the member for Wanguri does not want ever to become the shadow spokesman on Asian relations. I noticed that he interjected before: 'What about Indonesia? They shoot dissenters over there'. How members opposite would ever expect to deal with countries to our north when they make stupid comments of that kind is incomprehensible.
We have a ...
Mr Bailey: The way you guys use the parliamentary process ...
Mr SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Bailey interjecting.
Mr SPEAKER: Order! The minister will resume his seat. I warn the member for Wanguri with the same advice I gave to the member for Nhulunbuy this morning. I regard very seriously members continuing to talk over me when I call for order. I will not tolerate it further.
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Mr POOLE: The Territory's International Project Management Unit (IPMU NT) was approached in November last year by the Indonesian government to help provide on-the-job training for some Indonesian hospitality and tourism teachers and trainees. The IPMU NT has run some very successful training programs in the Territory for teachers based in the Asian region. The request for this course, which came from the Indonesian Director for Technical and Vocational Education, followed the success of several fellowship teacher programs which were managed by the IPMU NT and conducted in the Territory for the same organisation. The approach coincided with the implementation of the Indonesian government's Sistem Ganda policy which is a dual system of on-the-job and off-the-job training. Ayers Rock Resort was identified as a very appropriate on-the-job training location because of the very high level of international visitors there and its ability to provide the Indonesian hospitality and tourism teachers with a very wide range of experience. The IPMU NT, in conjunction with the Ayers Rock Resort and the Indonesian Directorate of Technical and Vocational Education, developed the necessary detailed arrangements for these placements.
Nominees for the placements included 4 teachers from the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association, the Jakarta Government Tourism and Hospitality School, the Bali Hotel Training Institute and a Jakarta private tourism and hospitality school. The teachers were selected on the basis that they could provide relevant training for other teachers on their return to Indonesia. The planned placement program, which is expected to begin this month, includes pre-placement testing by Centralian College staff and placement at Ayers Rock Resort for 3 months. Travel, living and insurance costs will be met by the Indonesian government. The Ayers Rock Resort will provide on-site accommodation and we will make a small contribution for food purchases. The trainees will not receive a wage or salary while in Australia.
A follow-on Technical and Vocational Education program, worth some $50m, is planned for Indonesia by the Australian Agency for International Development. IPMU NT is a member of a consortium which hopes to manage this new project. Through activities like the placement of teachers at Ayers Rock Resort, the IPMU NT can maintain crucial networks and positioning in the Indonesian Directorate of Technical and Vocational Education. The Ayers Rock program will not result in a financial return to the IPMU NT, but the only cost incurred will be for the labour involved in the initial coordination of this activity. However, it is expected that the income for the Northern Territory will be in the order of $16 000 from living and other expenses incurred by the participants.
I take the opportunity to congratulate the IPMU NT on the tremendous work it is doing in areas of this sort. It has adopted the NT government's approach of recognising that, before it is possible to establish business deals with the countries to our north, it is necessary to go out and establish personal and cultural relationships with these people. As a result of those personal relationships and the development of a level of cultural understanding, deals will come into being. Of course, the normal approach in Western society is to do the deal first, and the relationship flows from the deal. Obviously, it is preferable for us to adopt the Asian policy whereby the relationship is established first and business relationships are able to flow from that.
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Mr Bailey: Why don't you ask him about Nick Dondas's wife's company business?
Mr SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Bailey: You can do that one while you are on your feet. We have been waiting for 3 months.
Mr SPEAKER: Order!
ANSWER
Mr Speaker, I guess the member for Wanguri does not want ever to become the shadow spokesman on Asian relations. I noticed that he interjected before: 'What about Indonesia? They shoot dissenters over there'. How members opposite would ever expect to deal with countries to our north when they make stupid comments of that kind is incomprehensible.
We have a ...
Mr Bailey: The way you guys use the parliamentary process ...
Mr SPEAKER: Order!
Mr Bailey interjecting.
Mr SPEAKER: Order! The minister will resume his seat. I warn the member for Wanguri with the same advice I gave to the member for Nhulunbuy this morning. I regard very seriously members continuing to talk over me when I call for order. I will not tolerate it further.
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Mr POOLE: The Territory's International Project Management Unit (IPMU NT) was approached in November last year by the Indonesian government to help provide on-the-job training for some Indonesian hospitality and tourism teachers and trainees. The IPMU NT has run some very successful training programs in the Territory for teachers based in the Asian region. The request for this course, which came from the Indonesian Director for Technical and Vocational Education, followed the success of several fellowship teacher programs which were managed by the IPMU NT and conducted in the Territory for the same organisation. The approach coincided with the implementation of the Indonesian government's Sistem Ganda policy which is a dual system of on-the-job and off-the-job training. Ayers Rock Resort was identified as a very appropriate on-the-job training location because of the very high level of international visitors there and its ability to provide the Indonesian hospitality and tourism teachers with a very wide range of experience. The IPMU NT, in conjunction with the Ayers Rock Resort and the Indonesian Directorate of Technical and Vocational Education, developed the necessary detailed arrangements for these placements.
Nominees for the placements included 4 teachers from the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association, the Jakarta Government Tourism and Hospitality School, the Bali Hotel Training Institute and a Jakarta private tourism and hospitality school. The teachers were selected on the basis that they could provide relevant training for other teachers on their return to Indonesia. The planned placement program, which is expected to begin this month, includes pre-placement testing by Centralian College staff and placement at Ayers Rock Resort for 3 months. Travel, living and insurance costs will be met by the Indonesian government. The Ayers Rock Resort will provide on-site accommodation and we will make a small contribution for food purchases. The trainees will not receive a wage or salary while in Australia.
A follow-on Technical and Vocational Education program, worth some $50m, is planned for Indonesia by the Australian Agency for International Development. IPMU NT is a member of a consortium which hopes to manage this new project. Through activities like the placement of teachers at Ayers Rock Resort, the IPMU NT can maintain crucial networks and positioning in the Indonesian Directorate of Technical and Vocational Education. The Ayers Rock program will not result in a financial return to the IPMU NT, but the only cost incurred will be for the labour involved in the initial coordination of this activity. However, it is expected that the income for the Northern Territory will be in the order of $16 000 from living and other expenses incurred by the participants.
I take the opportunity to congratulate the IPMU NT on the tremendous work it is doing in areas of this sort. It has adopted the NT government's approach of recognising that, before it is possible to establish business deals with the countries to our north, it is necessary to go out and establish personal and cultural relationships with these people. As a result of those personal relationships and the development of a level of cultural understanding, deals will come into being. Of course, the normal approach in Western society is to do the deal first, and the relationship flows from the deal. Obviously, it is preferable for us to adopt the Asian policy whereby the relationship is established first and business relationships are able to flow from that.
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