House debates Questions without Notice
Education
Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth
2:59 pm
(Kingsford Smith—Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth) (14:59): I thank the member for Bass for that question. This government understands that a serious commitment to equipping young Australians with a job for the future means starting early and acting comprehensively across early childhood and school education, across vocational training and higher education. As a song from the seventies, I think, said: 'If you're going to do it, do it right,' and on this side of the House we are doing it right. For the first time we have a federal government—
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