Dr BURNS - 2002-02-26
This morning, the Chief Minister announced a boost in money for minor new works. Will the minister give details of the impact this will have?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I can only sum up in one word – jobs. More jobs for Territorians, more jobs for plumbers, brickies, carpenters, concreters. A job for those people who in the past years have been forgotten by the previous government and now opposition, and all of a sudden they find out it is our fault that there have been no jobs out there in the past six months. Well, $4.5m for minor building works. They have been asking for it and we are prepared to give it to them. We are giving money. We have tried in the past six months to provide more money for these kind of works and here we are again, more money. $0.5m for design work, for architects, quality surveyors, building surveyors; $0.5m for environmental and engineering studies for the Glyde Point area to prepare for the oncoming gas industry. $900 000 repair works for Territory Housing to renovate and repair their housing stock.
At the same time, we provide jobs through renovations and minor works in the museum - $33 000; Territory Wildlife Park - $38 000; Litchfield Park - for the supply and installation of camp ground facilities - $40 000; Centralian College - modification to works - $20 000; and the Oenpelli Health Clinic building modification - $55 000. And there are going to be more announcements like that, more money, more jobs.
What are we doing? We are helping the people who need our help. We help the people who have been ignored in the past and who we cannot afford to ignore anymore. We are not going to lose more skills. We are going to keep them here because they are going to help us develop the Territory.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I can only sum up in one word – jobs. More jobs for Territorians, more jobs for plumbers, brickies, carpenters, concreters. A job for those people who in the past years have been forgotten by the previous government and now opposition, and all of a sudden they find out it is our fault that there have been no jobs out there in the past six months. Well, $4.5m for minor building works. They have been asking for it and we are prepared to give it to them. We are giving money. We have tried in the past six months to provide more money for these kind of works and here we are again, more money. $0.5m for design work, for architects, quality surveyors, building surveyors; $0.5m for environmental and engineering studies for the Glyde Point area to prepare for the oncoming gas industry. $900 000 repair works for Territory Housing to renovate and repair their housing stock.
At the same time, we provide jobs through renovations and minor works in the museum - $33 000; Territory Wildlife Park - $38 000; Litchfield Park - for the supply and installation of camp ground facilities - $40 000; Centralian College - modification to works - $20 000; and the Oenpelli Health Clinic building modification - $55 000. And there are going to be more announcements like that, more money, more jobs.
What are we doing? We are helping the people who need our help. We help the people who have been ignored in the past and who we cannot afford to ignore anymore. We are not going to lose more skills. We are going to keep them here because they are going to help us develop the Territory.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016