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

I thank the honourable senator for the question. I thank business for the work they have been doing, as well. They have done a great deal of work—business and small business. I have visited a number of stimulus projects where young apprentices have been taken on because of the Apprentice Kickstart bonus. At Westminster Primary School, in Perth, there are a number of school projects taking place. I met with Dominic Casotti, from Casotti Plumbers and Gas Fitters, who took on two young apprentices because of Apprentice Kickstart. I was recently in Gladstone and I caught up with the Australian Apprenticeships Centre there.