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SKILLS FOR ALL

Mr PISONI (Unley) (14:40): Supplementary: why is national accreditation not satisfactory for Skills for All? Don't you trust the system?

The SPEAKER: Order! I'll consider that a question. There was a lot of accusation in that.

The Hon. T.R. KENYON (Newland—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Recreation and Sport) (14:40): I explained that in one of my previous answers—a real flurry today. In one of my previous answers, I explained that quality is very, very important. One of the experiences—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. T.R. KENYON: One of the experiences in Victoria was that the only qualification for Victorian funding—

Mr Pisoni: They didn't have national accreditation.

The SPEAKER: Order, member for Unley!

The Hon. T.R. KENYON: The only requirement was that you had national accreditation—that was it. As long as you were an accredited RTO, there was no overview, there was no quality control, there was no going back and auditing those providers. Now, I have said on numerous occasions, publicly and in the house, that quality is important and we are prepared to have a higher level of scrutiny. I said in the debate on the TAFE bill that there was a higher level of scrutiny on Skills for All providers to help us maintain quality.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Reynell.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

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