Susan Lamb (Longman, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I also spoke about education and about where that education is best provided. I have been speaking about education throughout this whole speech. The member may recall—but I will repeat it, because maybe she missed this part—that I talked about funding education in TAFE and I said that tradies in their 40s and 50s were educated in an educational facility called TAFE. That is why it's important to make sure that two-thirds of that funding goes to public vocational education in TAFE.

I reiterate that I'm happy to stand here and support this bill, but let's not pretend that this support is any more than just administrative support for the bill. It's just going through an administrative process. This bill is basically tying up redundant leftovers from a failed legislation. We can't pretend that these are sweeping reforms that will be remembered forever and make a difference. We cannot be confused that this bill is about some reforms that will go to education for the future. This will not do that. Like I said, I support the bill but stress that it's merely based on supporting an administration of some redundant leftovers that need to be tidied up.

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