Amanda Rishworth (Kingston, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health) Share this | Hansard source

We know that this Prime Minister says one thing and does the complete opposite, but what has come to light when it comes to the opening of trade training centres is that it is not just the Prime Minister but it is most of those on the other side. They like to go out to their trade training centres—the trade training centres that Labor funded—and cut the ribbon, but, when they come back to the parliament, they argue in support of cutting the funding. As I have noted in this House already, over 40 government members and senators have attended their trade training centres, put out media releases, posed for a picture and got in their local paper, but then they have cut the program, stopping many other schools.

I have here a trade training centres lucky dip, where we have quotes of things government members have said in support of trade training centres. I will start with the member for Flinders.

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