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

The member for Jagajaga attempted to ask a question about welders on the National Skill Shortage List yesterday. Interestingly, in asking that question directed to me, she asked the wrong minister; the National Skill Shortage List is in fact administered by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, so the member for Jagajaga cannot get right any of the basic elements of the way the national trading system operates.

I can say, again for the record, that we have 403,00 people in training in Australia in apprenticeships right now and 1.7 million people in training across a variety of different pursuits.

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