Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

Absolutely not. Again, Senator Cameron, you fail to understand: the VET FEE-HELP system was an absolute disaster for Australians' VET system. But we have progressively put in place policy, year after year, to clean up your mess. A piece of legislation had to go through the House yesterday and the Senate today, as we continue to clean up the disaster that was VET FEE-HELP.

What did we do? We stopped the dodgy providers from exploiting vulnerable students. We have invested heavily in apprenticeships. Senator Burston asked me about our $60 million investment. We have put in place the policies to clean up Labor's mess, to restore integrity back into what is an outstanding system in Australia. We put in place a substantial set of reforms. But we know that we can do more. As I said, we need to ensure that the VET sector in Australia responds to the employee's ultimate needs but also to the employer's needs. (Time expired)