The reason I ask is that obviously there has been some criticism of the decisions that were made in Sydney. It seems to me that if that criticism continues, it leads the ministry to not make decisions of adding additional staff because of the potential outcome that would be deemed negative versus positive, when in fact you have positive outcomes in terms of the temporary employment it provides and obviously the benefit it provides to the ministry itself in the processing and the reduction of those wait times. It would seem to me that it makes it difficult to move forward and make those decisions if at the end of the day you're going to be criticized for doing what you said you were going to do, which is to hold these as temporary positions.
On March 30th, 2010. See this statement in context.