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

As I said, we want to leverage wherever we possibly can. There are many good examples where we are able to do so. For example, the Australian Maritime College in Tasmania, where Senator Bushby studied, provides maritime engineering, naval architecture and maritime and logistics management. The government has had engagement with the University of Tasmania and the Australian Maritime College to outline how we believe they can benefit, and we will absolutely be continuing that engagement with them to make sure that they are appraised of the opportunities that our new maritime technical college program will provide. It should mean more students studying in Launceston, but it should also mean more students studying in many locations around the country. In Western Australia, the South Metropolitan TAFE already provides courses like an engineering certificate III in ship building, which will provide opportunities particularly tied to the Henderson shipyards and the work that will be undertaken there in Perth. Equally, South Australia's three public universities, TAFE SA and defence industry association are collaborating on opportunities that they see: opportunities across states, across the spectrum from the thousands of jobs we are generating. (Time expired)