Mr PETER MORRIS (1:12 PM) —I want to speak this afternoon about the difficulties being faced by one of my constituents with the termination of the CES. In my electorate of Shortland, which is partly the Hunter and the Central Coast, we have seen the end of that 50-year tradition of the CES, with the wide range of services they provided, particularly to employers but most of all to smaller employers in finding people for them and sifting through and prioritising the people they sent for interview.

A division having been called in the House of Representatives—

Sitting suspended from 1.13 p.m. to 1.24 p.m.