Andrew Giles (Scullin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Skills and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Just today, at CIT in Bruce, I met two students studying diplomas of nursing who excitedly told me that they were 10 hours away from completing. These are stories that go right across the program.

Opposition members interjecting—

And, again, members opposite seem to think it's funny. It is very clear that there's going to be a big choice at the next election between our commitment to fee-free TAFE and the opportunities it is giving more than half a million Australians around the country or a return to 'hamburger university' with $72 million to McDonald's and $30 million to Grill'd.

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