Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Does the Deputy Prime Minister recall his recent public boasts that this week’s budget was driven by him and the National Party? Why then did the Deputy Prime Minister allow his Liberal colleague the minister for training to slash the only training incentives program targeted specifically at rural and regional areas—the Rural and Regional Skills Shortage Incentive—which provided a $1,000 extra incentive for employers to take on apprentices in the bush?

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