Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2015-02-25 Daily Xml

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Skills for All

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (14:24): I have a supplementary question. How does the minister claim that she doesn't know whether or not RTOs have been advised that bridging units are noncompliant when those RTOs are being told that the minister believes—not the department or a section of the department but the minister—that the bridging units claimed are noncompliant?

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) (14:24): I have already answered the question, Mr President; the same question.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The minister has already made it quite clear that she wants to give a detailed answer and she needs to—

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: But she misled parliament. She's written a letter—her signature, by the sound of it, Mr President.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Let's all wait until she comes back with the answer. The Hon. Mr Lucas.