Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move motion No. 1099 standing in the name of Senator Polley and that it be determined without amendment or debate.

Leave not granted.

I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me from moving motion No. 1099.

Question agreed to.

Rex Patrick (SA, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—In accordance with standing order 100, I'd like my name recorded as a 'no'.

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Polley, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) over the past 20 years, Tasmania's gross state product per capita has been on average one-quarter less than Australia's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita,

(ii) Tasmania consistently has one of the highest underemployment rates and the lowest participation rates in the country,

(iii) whilst structural factors do contribute to these circumstances, with Tasmania having the oldest and most rapidly ageing population in Australia, there is slack in the system,

(iv) the loss of manufacturing jobs in Tasmania, and the subsequent rise of employment in tourism and health services has contributed to a trend of workforce polarisation and a skills mismatch,

(v) a shortage of apprenticeships and skills is costing the Tasmanian economy and is one of the largest constraints to growing business and industry, and

(vi) increasing year 12 attainment, vocational education and the number of Tasmanians obtaining university degrees will work towards improving participation rates and re-skilling the workforce, dramatically improving GDP, industry composition and overall wellbeing; and

(b) urges the Federal Government to promote manufacturing in Tasmania and to also direct resources to improving education attainment and improving the skills of Tasmanians by investing in TAFE.

Question agreed to.

Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I table a statement relating to the motion.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

That concludes the discovery of formal business.