Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

We are not going to fall into the trap of Labor's bad policies. Under Labor's bad policies we saw a cost shift happening before—a cost shift which meant that when the federal government provided more money for vocational education and training the states ripped it out. Then we saw under the previous Labor government the disaster that was VET FEE-HELP. Billions of dollars were wasted because the Labor Party never thought that when setting up such a loan scheme it was necessary to have a strong check on who could offer the loans on the courses they offered or on the prices that were charged. The Turnbull government has fixed all of that. (Time expired)