Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

If that is the type of answer we are going to get, no wonder young people cannot be protected under your watch. That is the problem we have. Why don't you take it on notice to provide us with the detail? I think it is a fair question, as you claim that young people want the program. We are simply saying to you, 'You're saying that you consulted. Tell us who you consulted'—and that is not you; that is the department—'what was the process, and when did the consultation occur?' We have not had any answers to that. I would appreciate it if you tried to deal with that.

In your speech yesterday you went to the issue of an ANU student working in the Leader of the Opposition's office, and you have raised it again today. Do you accept that there is a vast difference in terms of qualifications received and the skills and experience you would have in a professional internship and those you would have as a sandwich artist at Subway? Are you saying that they are both the same and, if you are, can you explain how these would be the same?