❓ Mr. Logan questions the Minister for Training and Workforce Development about the closure of TAFE craft studies and alleged contracting of jobs to the eastern states. The Minister defends the decision, citing low student demand and a focus on priority skills areas with job prospects.
AnsweredQoN 810Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
TAFE —
TRADE STUDIES
810. Mr F.M. LOGAN to the
Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
I have a supplementary question. The minister has
deliberately killed off five smaller craft —
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Mr
Speaker, can I finish my supplementary question?
The SPEAKER : Yes,
with pleasure, member.
Mr
F.M. LOGAN : The minister has deliberately killed of five smaller craft
studies and tried to justify her action in this house. Now it appears that she
has not only killed off WA jobs and contracted them out to training in the
eastern states —
Point of Order
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : What is the question?
The
SPEAKER : If the member is going to ask a question, ask a question
please; you had a big lead-in.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr F.M. LOGAN : How
can the minister justify this total incompetence?
The SPEAKER : Thank
you.
Mr F.M. Logan : The
minister has given away jobs to the eastern states.
The SPEAKER : That
concludes question time. Does the minister want to answer?
Mrs L.M. Harvey :
Yes. The member was continuing to talk, Mr Speaker.
The SPEAKER : You
were sitting there waiting; I am sorry. Make it a quick answer.
TRADE STUDIES
810. Mr F.M. LOGAN to the
Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
I have a supplementary question. The minister has
deliberately killed off five smaller craft —
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : Mr
Speaker, can I finish my supplementary question?
The SPEAKER : Yes,
with pleasure, member.
Mr
F.M. LOGAN : The minister has deliberately killed of five smaller craft
studies and tried to justify her action in this house. Now it appears that she
has not only killed off WA jobs and contracted them out to training in the
eastern states —
Point of Order
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : What is the question?
The
SPEAKER : If the member is going to ask a question, ask a question
please; you had a big lead-in.
Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr F.M. LOGAN : How
can the minister justify this total incompetence?
The SPEAKER : Thank
you.
Mr F.M. Logan : The
minister has given away jobs to the eastern states.
The SPEAKER : That
concludes question time. Does the minister want to answer?
Mrs L.M. Harvey :
Yes. The member was continuing to talk, Mr Speaker.
The SPEAKER : You
were sitting there waiting; I am sorry. Make it a quick answer.
AnswerView source ↗
If the students are not fronting up for the courses, it is
usually because there are no jobs waiting for them. I reiterate —
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cockburn, I call you to order for the first time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
We subsidise training—up to 85 per cent of all the course costs—right
across the state for all students, pretty much. We fund and arrange training
for over 600 priority skills areas. The courses that the member has referred to
are not for priority skills. Industry is telling us that it does not have the
jobs for people. The students do not want to be trained if there are no jobs.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cockburn, I call you for the second time. M ember
for West Swan, I call you for the first time. Give the minister a
chance.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
Our priority as a government is to fund training that leads to employment or
further education. We are not going to fund training for thin markets if there
are no jobs. We are making the right decision. We have had a nine per cent
increase in enrolments for our priority skills areas.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cockburn, I call you now for the third time; member for Pilbara, for
the first time. Have you concluded, minister?
Mrs L.M. Harvey :
Yes, Mr Speaker.
usually because there are no jobs waiting for them. I reiterate —
Mr F.M. Logan interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cockburn, I call you to order for the first time.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
We subsidise training—up to 85 per cent of all the course costs—right
across the state for all students, pretty much. We fund and arrange training
for over 600 priority skills areas. The courses that the member has referred to
are not for priority skills. Industry is telling us that it does not have the
jobs for people. The students do not want to be trained if there are no jobs.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cockburn, I call you for the second time. M ember
for West Swan, I call you for the first time. Give the minister a
chance.
Mrs L.M. HARVEY :
Our priority as a government is to fund training that leads to employment or
further education. We are not going to fund training for thin markets if there
are no jobs. We are making the right decision. We have had a nine per cent
increase in enrolments for our priority skills areas.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Cockburn, I call you now for the third time; member for Pilbara, for
the first time. Have you concluded, minister?
Mrs L.M. Harvey :
Yes, Mr Speaker.
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