George Campbell (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. If Australian business understands the importance of skills development for Australia’s future, as is clear from AiG’s disappointment at the budget, why then is the government refusing to increase investment in the skills and talents of Australia’s young people? Why is the government’s only answer to the ongoing skills crisis to import an extra 270,000 skilled workers from overseas while turning away 300,000 young Australians from our TAFE colleges?