Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President. I will pass on the comments about state governments to the Western Australian government. I am sure they will be very interested in hearing how you view their competency. So there is a procurement process in place. There is direct employment and there is also indirect employment that is coming out of this stimulus. On the direct side, there are 35,000 individual projects across the country. What is this going to mean? It is going to mean work for tradespeople, work for contractors, work for carpenters and work for electricians. That is the action that the government is taking during the global recession. What are the indirect consequences? Suppliers will get a benefit out of this. Department stores—