Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

We are hearing the sneering coming from the other side of the chamber about the idea that Australians would get free TAFE courses to help them into a better job. Given the significant benefit the program is providing to women in regional towns, you might be surprised to hear what the deputy Liberal leader, the member for Farrer, said about free TAFE. She called it 'wasteful spending'. How arrogant! They sneer at regional Australians trying to get ahead and they sneer at women trying to seek to re-enter the workforce by getting a free TAFE place that is being provided by the Albanese Labor government.