Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-06-18 Daily Xml

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TAFE SA

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:32): By way of supplementary question, if the minister is correct and that all the government is responsible for is TAFE's strategic directions and frameworks, when the government advised the House of Representatives' committee that the minister had financial accountability for TAFE, to what were they referring?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (14:32): I have just outlined that TAFE is—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: It is just unbelievable! I have said ad nauseam that TAFE SA remains the service provider, that the government remains the service funder.