Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Senator Sheldon. As we will see in the next week or so, the Senate could support the reforms that are before the parliament. We have important reforms not only to indexation arrangements but also to implementing aspects of the Universities Accord. We want to make sure our vocational education and training system and our higher education system broadly is geared, supported and invested in by this government to make sure that people have the choices going forward, whether they want to take up a trade, get a certificate or enrol in a bachelor's degree or even a further degree beyond that. We are about investing in that system and making it easier for people to take up those choices. We will remain focused on that. But, certainly, one thing the Senate could do is support the government and not oppose all our measures, as those opposite have consistently done for the last 2½ years.