Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Let me firstly deal with the last part of Senator Moore's question, in which she describes it as 'Senator Day's North East Vocational College'. Let us be very clear: the North East Vocational College is a not-for-profit training provider. It is a trading provider that Senator Day voluntarily served on the board of, received no payment for and has no financial interest in. I want to be very clear about that, because there is smearing going on from those opposite not just of former Senator Day but also of a quality training provider that just last year was recognised in the South Australian Training Awards as the Small Training Provider of the Year and in the last few weeks was visited by the state Labor Treasurer, Tom Koutsantonis. It is a recognised quality training provider.

This is an alternative delivery model. That is the exact nature of the pilots that are in question here. And so it is that, yes—