Senate debates

Monday, 17 September 2012

Questions without Notice

Vocational Education and Training

2:32 pm

Photo of Chris EvansChris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Leaked cabinet documents on the weekend showed the impacts of those cuts by the Liberal-National government. We are seeing campuses threatened to be closed around Victoria. We are seeing courses closed. We are seeing increases in student fees of 100 per cent and more, complete devastation of a range of TAFEs. This will impact on those students and their capacity to get a chance. The Victorian government must rethink this terrible attack on the TAFE system. (Time expired)

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