Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

As I indicated earlier, I think this issue predates harmonisation. I have been happy to explore it in terms of how the current circumstances relate to it. But my understanding, with respect to what informed the SRCC in reaching its decision about the guideline requiring attendance at face-to-face training, was that it was an employee survey which demonstrated a significant preference by employees for training which is face to face. I mentioned earlier in my discussion that I can understand that preference from a professional training point of view. I certainly participated in training programs which were a combination of both. There are simply some areas of skill development which require direct one-to-one or face-to-face contact.