Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

There are also 2,000 Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program places and 2,000 Apprenticeships Access Program places, which provide prevocational training to workers seeking to enter an apprenticeship. These and other measures guarantee them access to retraining, support and help in developing a tailored employment pathway plan to find another job as quickly as possible. They will be eligible for one of the 7,000 training places available for redundant insulation workers.

This strong commitment is in stark contrast to what is offered by the opposition. The Leader of the Opposition, in a doorstop, has said he does not believe in training; he is not interested in training. Mr Abbott said:

I think that training programmes for people who have been thrown out of work are of limited usefulness; people need jobs, that’s what they need.