Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

The minister mentioned Port Macquarie, so I might now ask him a question that I want answered about Port Macquarie. The minister would be aware that St Joseph’s vocational, a school at Port Macquarie, was operating as a vocational college before it became a technical college. I understand that the school at that time had 185 students enrolled already. I ask the minister how many extra apprentices are enrolled at the four technical colleges that are currently operating? He has previously said that just under 300 students are enrolled. But is it the case that, if you remove the 185 who were at Port Macquarie already, the extra number of students in this new technical college is closer to only about 100?

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