Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Skills and Training) Share this | Hansard source

In fact, they didn't reach agreement with any one of the eight other governments when it was put to them. You would have thought that, when you've got a few billion dollars to possibly provide to state and territory governments, you'd be able to get one signature out of eight on a piece of paper. But, no, not one state or territory government supported the Commonwealth before the election in setting up the national skills agreement. But we will make sure that we work closely with those governments and deliver a national skills agreement starting from 1 January 2024. We'll make sure that we reform the VET sector so it's fit for purpose—

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