House debates Questions without Notice

Workplace Relations

Tuesday, 12 June 2007 House of Representatives

Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition

My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the government have a target for the percentage of the Australian workforce to be covered by Australian workplace agreements? Specifically, does the government have a plan to use the federal-state healthcare funding agreements to force the offering of Australian workplace agreements to Australia’s 250,000 nurses?

John Howard

John Howard Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

I am not aware of that. I do not have a target and I am informed by both my Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and my Minister for Health and Ageing that there is no such target.