QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WALSH (Victoria—Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth) (15:01): Well, look, there is another approach. It's the approach of the coalition and One Nation. They voted against free TAFE.

They voted against 850,000 Australians getting a chance at a secure job. They voted against early childhood educators benefiting from free TAFE. They voted against more quality early childhood educators for Australia's children and then they called the pay rise a 'sugar hit', so they voted against giving educators a pathway into early learning and they attacked the pay rise that helps them stay.

On this side of the chamber, we know you can't have a quality early learning system without quality educators. Labor backs our educators. We back their skills, we back their work and we back their future.

Senator Wong: President, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.