John Cobb (Calare, National Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, in writing, on 23 May 2011:

Why are agricultural and horticultural apprenticeships excluded from the government’s commitment to increase support for trade apprentices in critical trades, despite the severe skills shortage in agriculture caused by the drain of skills workers to the mining sector.

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