TAFE SA BILL

Committee Stage

In committee (resumed on motion).

New clause 21A.

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: In the brief time available, the member for Unley, who has shadow ministerial responsibilities for the Liberal Party on the issue, has considered the amendment, and his advice to me is that we will not be supporting the amendment.

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY: The government will not be supporting the amendment, for two reasons. First of all, we are in a contestable market at the moment, and the private training providers do not have such requirements to report to the minister and to the parliament. Also, in the Victorian TAFE charter, they must report quarterly to the minister, but there is no requirement to table that in the parliament. Taking that into consideration, we oppose the amendment.

New clause negatived.

Clause 22, schedule and title passed.

Bill reported with amendment.

Third Reading

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (17:47): I move:

That this bill be now read a third time.

Bill read a third time and passed.