Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

Liberal Party and National Party senators can laugh and they can make fun, but the world is leaving them behind, our apprentices are leaving them behind and our businesses are leaving them behind when it comes to green jobs and green skills. Let me explain some of the skills, because obviously Liberal Party senators have no idea. We are talking about trade skills. We are talking about plumbers learning to be water wise, developing new water efficiencies. We are talking about electricians turning to solar energy and installing devices that reduce energy consumption.

The government is investing $94 million in the training system to prepare our TAFEs and our lecturers for these new green skills and new training that is going to be required. Today the apprentices were showing the politicians how it is done and how these new green skills can reshape our economy. The Liberal Party has been left behind; the National Party has been left behind. Construction companies are now working towards six-star construction— (Time expired)