Andrew Southcott (Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment Participation, Training and Sport) Share this | Hansard source

Yesterday, in summing up on a bill, the Parliamentary Secretary for Employment misread, misunderstood and misrepresented a speech I made at the National Employment Services Association Conference in August. His assertion was that I had ignored research showing that the best results for job seekers came from a mixture of job search and work focused education or training. In actual fact, I made that very point in my speech. I also said that the Productivity Places Program was very much a skill first, or training first, approach for job seekers. That comment is supported by the latest figures—

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