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Thursday, 23 June 2005
Page: 168


Mr JENKINS (10:43 PM) —I think that, if people have a bit of difficulty with the procedure that is happening at this time and with having a proper consideration in detail of this bill, they should be aware that it is our intention from 1 July to make sure that we use this procedure. I have only one question to the minister, and it relates to clause 18(4) where the $343 million is broken down into the five years. We need to see some detail about the way those figures have come into play, because they do say something about the staging that the government thinks will occur for these colleges being put in place. It is important that those figures have not just been plucked out of the air. It is $343 million spread over five years. There has to have been some loose science used to have come up with those figures. I think that part of the discussion we have had tonight has tried to come to grips with the way in which the department has advised the government to place these figures in this bill, for which we have the Governor-General’s message and the necessary funding. My only point and intervention in this debate is to try to get an explanation for these payments.