The Prime Minister has received an interdepartmental committee's report on options to protect workers' entitlements since the National Textiles case, but no blueprint has been drafted.
Cabinet is split over the scheme.
Mr Reith's scheme had been operating temporarily until the Government could consider the report. But yesterday afternoon South Australia broke ranks, saying that it supported Mr Reith's scheme. Western Australian also indicated it did not oppose Mr Reith's scheme outright. We hope that it would help them focus on the need out there for them to put their money in. If a State did not contribute, the workers there stood to receive only half the money under Mr Reith's scheme.