David Feeney (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Arbib, the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Government Service Delivery and Minister for Employment Participation. Can the minister inform the Senate how the government’s nation-building economic stimulus is building productive capacity in the economy? In particular, how is the stimulus helping apprentices and providing opportunities for training in key growth areas of our economy? How will this increased capacity assist the development of large-scale natural resources projects in Northern Australia? What would be the effect of stopping the stimulus or delaying it over 15 years, as proposed by the opposition through Senator Eggleston?