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Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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Question Time

Vocational Education and Training

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:27): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills a question about training.

Leave granted.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Evidence presented to the Budget and Finance Committee shows that the baseline number of training places prior to Skills for All was some 86,561, which is 5,561 more than the 81,000 places that are now promised. Can the minister explain why she has claimed that changes to the vocational training funding would see a return to the sustainable levels of training effort that existed prior to Skills for All when, in actual fact, there are now fewer places funded?

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) (14:27): The information that I have is that the total number of training places provided pre Skills for All, which was 65.4—

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: What, 65.4 positions?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO: Thousands; it is 65.4 thousand. In 2015-16 it is planned to have 80.4, so the honourable member is just completely wrong.

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