Senate debates
Thursday, 16 August 2007
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007; Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007; Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
In Committee
10:03 am
Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source
As the senator would appreciate, you cannot just throw a one-sized net across a challenge and fix it all. We need to respect that each individual will have different needs. Some have high literacy and numeracy skills. Each individual will be assessed against a range of benchmarks that will give us an indication of exactly what sort of training they require. It will be done on an individual basis. Anybody who needs literacy and numeracy training will receive it.
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