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at night, are of necessity very often working out of time, incurring overtime and penalties - matters which your party seems to want to rip up and scrap because, "Overtime and penalties are bad things. If you have to work until midnight, that is just bad luck on your family. You do not get any benefit for it". The Labor Party rejects that. While the raw figures do show that drivers take home more pay than mechanics, you must bear in mind that, firstly, that reflects award conditions, and, secondly, it reflects the fact that drivers are very often working odd and irregular hours whereas mechanics are working ordinary hours.
In relation to the question about multiskilling, there is a whole process of workplace reform going on in ACTION. We inherited a system where, historically, the cost of ACTION had been consistently increasing. In the period of Liberal administration, the costs of ACTION increased quite dramatically. We gave commitments to achieve savings. We have delivered them to date. We have set ourselves an ambitious target of saving $10m in the real cost of ACTION over the three-year period of this administration. We are on track and we will deliver that through a whole process of workplace reforms negotiated with the union movement in cooperation, rather than imposed from above along the lines of the Jeff Kennett approach in Victoria.
Ms Follett: Madam Speaker, I ask that further questions be placed on the notice paper.
Government Service - Pay Rise
MS FOLLETT: Madam Speaker, on 17 December 1992 Mr Kaine asked me a question relating to the cost to the ACT Government of the ACT enterprise bargaining agreement. I undertook to provide him with an answer. I did so in January and, to complete the record, I present the answer and seek leave to have the response incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
Document incorporated at Appendix 1.
Bonython - High School Students
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, I responded in the same way to a question from Mr Cornwell about Bonython Primary School students' access to high schools. I seek leave for my answer to be incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
Document incorporated at Appendix 2.
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