Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

I have a belief that the downturn in apprenticeship numbers that has been underway since the Labor government made changes to apprenticeship incentive arrangements way back in the final year or two of their term in office is a concern, and this government's view was that we needed to start looking at what things we can do and what action we can take to try to recover numbers in apprenticeships. We have budgeted some funding and are funding five pilots to the tune of $9.2 million under the apprenticeship training alternative delivery model. Those pilots—