Patrick Gorman (Perth, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

We've started 'Team Shaynna'; membership is still open! But the reality is that we do have a skills crisis in this country. I always look at what governments do, not what they say. When you look at what they did in Western Australia, the now Liberal leader, Liza Harvey, presided over a 510 per cent increase in TAFE fees when she was the responsible minister. I want to commend Premier Mark McGowan for taking serious action, because of the state's strong financial management, to halve TAFE fees for a number of courses, including nursing, child care and disability services—a huge step in the right direction.

I will end on one other priority that the government should take a little bit more seriously, which is climate change. Climate change is real. I had a great conversation with Girl Guides WA on Friday about the need to take action on climate change. I just note that maybe, when the Prime Minister was at McDonald's in the United States, he should've asked McDonald's about their climate change commitments. McDonald's has a 36 per cent emissions reduction target. They are cutting— (Time expired)

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