Peter Lindsay (Herbert, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Do you remember that, Member for Fowler? Look what we did on the waterfront. The employees on the waterfront actually ended up with better conditions, and Australia ended up with a better waterfront. We invested in key infrastructure, including AusLink. We promoted competition in airlines, energy and telecommunications. We boosted the worth ethic in Work for the Dole and Welfare to Work reforms. We pursued free trade agreements to help boost exports. We took a more strategic approach to immigration, with a greater emphasis on skills. We boosted apprenticeships and restored the status of technical education—but now you want to close the Australian technical college in Townsville, the best performing technical college in the nation. That is extraordinary. To reach our potential as a country, we solved problems that arose so as to ensure that the next generation would have the opportunity they deserve. So the anniversary on 22 February of the Liberal Party should not go unmarked. (Time expired)

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