BILLS › Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
Senator CHRIS EVANS (Western Australia—Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (23:43): I cannot necessarily respond to stats thrown at me without a piece of paper or exact titles of documentation et cetera, but as I understand it the overall statistics reflect the whole of the Northern Territory but the trial sites saw an improvement in the statistics. They are two different things—the overall versus the six trial sites. I understand the statistics given in the question are for both. I cannot say I have checked the statistics Senator Ludlam has given to me, but I understand that the outcome in the trial sites is better than overall. Senator Ludlam: You are saying the outcome for children in the trial sites was better than across the Territory? Senator CHRIS EVANS: Yes. As I indicated before, the outcome for the SEAM children is better than the overall outcome.