Karen Andrews (McPherson, Liberal Party, Minister for Industry) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for her question. Like me, she is very proud to be part of this government, because we have put vocational, educational and training front and centre of our economic agenda.

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

Mr Speaker, I would just like to say that I only concluded two sentences before the member for Sydney started interjecting. I've always found it fascinating every time she pops her head up on vocational educational and training because the member for Sydney was part of the cabinet that actually delivered nine successive cuts to vocational education and training. Nine successive cuts, $1.2 billion—the member for Sydney was part of the cabinet that actually delivered that. But let me tell you, Mr Speaker, this government is going to remedy all of the damage that the Labor government did to vocational education and training in this country. We are delivering because we understand how important vocational education and training and the skills that that is able to deliver to this country is.

Mr Hill interjecting—

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