Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The government rejects the premise of this motion. The Morrison government is strongly committed to ensuring we have a high-quality skills sector that is responsive to industry needs, flexible and attractive to students. Our vocational education and training investment will increase to $6.5 billion in 2020-21, including $3.6 billion in skills programs and employer incentives for Australian apprenticeships, $1.6 billion to the states and territories, and $0.7 billion to states and territories via a set of national partnership agreements, including JobTrainer, the Skilling Australians Fund and the revitalising TAFEs initiative. It's important to note that TAFEs are funded and operated by the states and territories.