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

What will be next? That is the question. What we are not getting from this minister is anything that addresses the serious problems that are facing this country because of the government’s failure to address the skills crisis—to make sure we have enough apprentices, engineers, nurses, teachers and doctors. These are the issues that the education minister should be addressing. These are the issues that this country needs addressed. Without that, this country is going to go backwards, because we have a major skills crisis that is now stopping business from doing what it needs to do. (Time expired)

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