❓ Mr. Logan questions the Minister about the impact of their training policies, alleging negative consequences. The Minister refutes the claims, citing increased enrolments in priority skills areas.
AnsweredQoN 364Legislative Assembly
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UNIVERSITIES AND STATE TRAINING PROVIDERS —
AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT
364. Mr F.M. LOGAN to the Minister for
Training and Workforce Development:
I have a supplementary question.
Members on this side of the chamber know that the minister's management
of the training portfolio has resulted in fewer students, fewer courses, higher
fee costs, huge job losses and the killing off of key trades. Can we now expect
—
The SPEAKER : Can
you please just ask the question.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I
am coming to it, Mr Speaker.
Can we now expect that this next budget will kill off vocational
training in Western Australia faster?
AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT
364. Mr F.M. LOGAN to the Minister for
Training and Workforce Development:
I have a supplementary question.
Members on this side of the chamber know that the minister's management
of the training portfolio has resulted in fewer students, fewer courses, higher
fee costs, huge job losses and the killing off of key trades. Can we now expect
—
The SPEAKER : Can
you please just ask the question.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I
am coming to it, Mr Speaker.
Can we now expect that this next budget will kill off vocational
training in Western Australia faster?
AnswerView source ↗
What a load of rubbish—''killing''.
What a load of rubbish comes out of that man's mouth! As a result of
our Future Skills WA policy, we have seen a nine per cent increase in
enrolments in priority skills.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
The SPEAKER : You
are on three calls.
Mrs
L.M. HARVEY : Notwithstanding that we require students to pay a higher
amount for their courses, we are still subsidising up to 85 per cent. We looked
at the courses and training programs being provided and said that we would put
the highest level of subsidisation around the courses that lead to jobs. The
result is a nine per cent increase in enrolments in the priority skills areas,
which is exactly what we wanted, member for Cockburn. It is working.
What a load of rubbish comes out of that man's mouth! As a result of
our Future Skills WA policy, we have seen a nine per cent increase in
enrolments in priority skills.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
The SPEAKER : You
are on three calls.
Mrs
L.M. HARVEY : Notwithstanding that we require students to pay a higher
amount for their courses, we are still subsidising up to 85 per cent. We looked
at the courses and training programs being provided and said that we would put
the highest level of subsidisation around the courses that lead to jobs. The
result is a nine per cent increase in enrolments in the priority skills areas,
which is exactly what we wanted, member for Cockburn. It is working.
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