QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for the Environment and Water) (14:12): Thank you, Senator Hume, for the question. I did see that report in this morning's edition of the Age. What I also saw was that action was being taken on this matter at the Victorian government level, which is entirely appropriate.

I don't have any information in my possession as to the involvement or knowledge of the federal minister. If there's anything I can provide on that, I will. While I'm on my feet, just reflecting on some of Senator Hume's comments recently about skill levels—and, of course, she recently made some comments about how much she'd like to see Josh Frydenberg return here because they need to have the A team— Senator WATT: which can only mean they have the B team at the moment!

Senator WATT: I'm not sure whether Senator McGrath is identifying himself as a member of the A team or the B team there, and whether he's taking exception on what Senator Hume is saying. But I have answered the question and I've got a minute 10 left to talk about Josh Frydenberg and Senator Hume—about how much she wants to see Josh Frydenberg back! Senator WATT: As I've said, if there's anything further that I can provide on this matter, I will.

But it has been interesting, this week, to see the reflections of a range of coalition figures on the skill level of their current operations. We know that you don't want to talk about that. We know there's a— Senator WATT: Hello, Braggy!

We know there's a couple of people over there who like the idea of Josh Frydenberg coming back, aren't there, Braggy? There are a couple of unnamed moderates in the Liberals saying how much they'd like to see Josh Frydenberg come back here, because Josh Frydenberg has reflected on the fact that you need better leadership. Senator WATT: More broadly, there's serious action to crack down on shonky VET providers offering dodgy qualifications, because let's not forget that one of the reasons our government has had to take action on shonky VET providers is because 10 years of coalition government allowed those providers to flourish, just like, when the migration system that you left behind was completely broken, completely rorted, who had to fix it?

The Albanese Labor government. If all you want to talk about is the action we've taken to fix the skills system and the migration system, we're happy to do so. (Time expired)