Q: Would you continue the government’s policy of many fee-free places for TAFE? Because there’s been a video going around of [shadow education minister] Sarah Henderson saying that perhaps you’re not that supportive of the policy. What is your clear policy on TAFE funding?

(That’s being very generous to what Henderson says in the video leaked by TikTok and Instagram creator toiletpaperau)

Hume:

The problem is with fee-free TAFE is that plenty of people start their TAFE courses but they don’t finish it.

The completion rates are so extraordinarily low.

We’ve said we want to see more young Australians get into trades, particularly construction. And that’s why we’re going to support an additional 400,000 places into apprenticeships.

We’re going to support businesses to take on apprentices to build that capability, particularly in the construction industry, but also others, into the future.

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