Pete Put's Johnny on the Back Foot

Question Time, 10 March 2005

Peter drew an interesting admission from the Prime Minister when he asked him, in Question Time on 10 March, a question regarding the government's recently released Skills at work report on new apprenticeships.

Mr Garrett: Prime Minister, isn’t it a fact that, according to the Skills at work report, nearly half of all people who completed a new apprenticeship said their level of skill remained the same and that six per cent of people said they had ‘less skills’ than when they started?

Mr Howard: ... I think what that report shows is that there can be improvements ...

excerpt from House of Representatives Hansard, 10 March 2005