Senate debates
Thursday, 25 June 2026
Questions without Notice
Tertiary Education and Training
3:16 pm
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) | Hansard source
As I was saying, the Albanese government is supporting the next generation of tradies to get the skills they need. But of course not everyone in this chamber shares the same support of tradies that we do. Like their position on cutting tradies' wages, raising tradies' taxes and scrapping tradies' conditions, the Liberal Party and One Nation, including Senator Nampijinpa Price when she's a One Nation senator, are on a unity ticket when it comes to axing free TAFE. They're happy to go to a worksite, whack on the hi-vis vest and chase tradies' votes, but, every time they have a chance to vote for tradies, they vote against them, including by voting against free TAFE.
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