House debates

Tuesday, 30 May 2006

Questions without Notice

Skills Shortage

3:26 pm

Photo of Gary HardgraveGary Hardgrave (Moreton, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I actually thank the member for Jagajaga for this question, because this government now has in training near record levels of people in this country—close to 400,000. When Labor were last in office they had a mere 122,000 people in training. So I think 10 years of achievement speaks for itself. In fact, I can quote the South Australian Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education, Paul Caica. He said in today’s Adelaide Advertiser that ‘businesses need to play their part in creating opportunities for young people’—

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