Graham Perrett (Moreton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

And obviously I am married to a North Queenslander. Most of my spare time is spent up in North Queensland. I have a great attachment to the reef and understand the importance of it, which is why I oppose this suspension of standing orders. If the member for Denison gets his way with this piece of legislation, I believe it would be a complete misunderstanding—by the member for Kennedy in particular—of what takes place in the maritime industry.

It is an old-school approach—the old 'time-served' approach—to the competency-based approach of education. The world has moved on from the old days of being an indentured apprentice or the like. Now, we have the VET system—

The member for Kennedy interjecting—

That is a debate for another day.

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