Amanda Vanstone (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

You see, the senator does not even want the answer, Mr President. We have encouraged quite dramatically vocational education in schools, providing $10.8 million over the next four years—the biggest commitment ever to vocational training by any government. We have increased New Apprenticeships and we are providing an additional 167,000 places over the 2005-08 period. It is very clear who cut training funding in Australia, and that is the previous Labor government. (Time expired)