Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I do not have any advice which confirms the assertion of preferential treatment. That is the basis on which the question was asked. I will certainly ascertain whether that is the case, but that is not the advice that I have. The government did engage in an arrangement with ABSA—the industry body—to deal with these training requirements and the government has progressed the training through the auspices of ABSA. In addition, as I said, the commitment was for 360,000 assessments. Obviously, there was no guarantee of work for any particular assessor at any stage.