Mr. Speaker, a final offer has been made. My honourable colleague has a copy of the final offer. I did send a letter to all the Members of the Legislative Assembly today, outlining my response to the concerns raised by the UNW and their ongoing serial, the best thing since sliced bread. We have tried to respond in a professional and comprehensive way to answer some of the requests or concerns that they have outlined. As I said consistently, the final offer is on the table. We have said to them, we are prepared to go back to the table

provided they understand there is a limited amount of freedom here in terms of discussions and we will go back to the table provided the PSA negotiator understands we are negotiating a new job evaluation system. The door is open, and we are prepared to sit down with them. However, if they are not prepared to do that, I said again, publicly today and I notice that we are getting some considerable support out there from the membership, that they should put this final offer, which I think is a reasonable one, to the Members to vote on and we will live with the consequences of that and our actions accordingly. Thank you.