Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

Because, without the skills and expertise delivered through a vocational education and training system, the services that underpin our everyday lives as Australians could not be delivered. Australia's vocational and education training system is a world-class system. It not only serves millions of Australians, providing them with valuable qualifications; it also contributed $5.2 billion of export income to the Australian economy just last year. But, disappointingly—and because of VET FEE-HELP instituted by those on the other side—all too often these outstanding achievements are undermined by the VET FEE-HELP system, which those on the other side implemented, that allowed dodgy providers to step in and basically destroy vocational education and training within Australia. We have progressively ensured that we have put the integrity back into the system by cleaning up Labor's mess.