Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

You, Senator Ronaldson, are probably the last person who would want to have a crack at me when I am talking about skills training, because you were barely into the first term of your parliamentary career with the Howard government when you sat there and followed every vote that took away skills training or did not contribute to skills training. So, Senator Ronaldson, from Victoria, be very mindful of who you are having a crack at and why you might be having a crack. It was quite a poor interjection.

The member for Armadale and I consistently and continually lobbied for the continuation of this college and some certainty for its future, but one has to confess that the hard work was actually done by that fine member for Hasluck, Ms Sharryn Jackson. If I may say so, ‘Jacko’ and I go back a long way. You would not find a more committed person for young workers and young Australians than Ms Jackson, the member for Hasluck.