PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
WORKERS REGIONAL TRAVELAND ACCOMMODATION SUPPORT SCHEME
925. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. Will the Premier consider convening a regional
labour task force to respond to this growing crisis that is impacting on
the productivity and safety of these vital industries, both now and in the
coming months; and, if not, why not?
Mr M.
McGOWAN replied:
We will continue to work with
agricultural industries. The Minister for Agriculture and Food regularly meets
with various organisations, such as the Western
Australian Farmers Federation and vegetablesWA, and continues to work on these things. I am not sure whether another
committee is the solution. The Nationals WA regularly propose setting up
more committees, but we are more about action than committees.