Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Skills and Training. TAFE teachers in Tasmania are paid $60,000 a year, at the moment, but the tradies who should be teaching these apprentices earn upwards of $100,000. Last week, when I asked about Tasmanian TAFEs using Cold War era Soviet Union equipment to teach electrician apprentices, the minister representing the Minister for Defence said, 'We have revitalised the TAFE industry in this country.' How does the government explain how a TAFE operating on Cold War equipment has been revitalised in the nine months since you've been in government?