Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

Can I tell Senator Fifield: the best thing we can do for training comes straight out of the stimulus package. I am talking about apprenticeships and traineeships. The federal government is working with the state and territory governments to ensure that 10 per cent of contract labour hours in the stimulus are for apprentices and trainees. There is no greater step that any government can take than to ensure that apprentices are being trained through the stimulus package. If you left it to the Liberal Party, there would be no stimulus package; there would be no training. Their policy on jobs? One year in, they have no policy on jobs—no policy. (Time expired)