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

and Senator McLucas. In fact, it was in the seat of the minister at the time, Mr Hardgrave. Mr Hardgrave never even visited the place and here is a facility that is training 3,000 building apprentices every year. Mr Hardgrave was so busy he could not walk down the street to see where the practical examples were. What is happening there? It is a training facility which is funded by the Queensland government, by Queensland TAFE and by the building industry themselves. It is training plumbers, riggers and even boat builders for the Gold Coast. It is training carpenters, tilers and bricklayers—it is doing the lot.