00:00 Sharpening their skills at Finden Technical College.
00:06 Students showing off not just to teachers but to the Defence Minister and Premier.
00:12 These could be potential future workers at the Osborne Yard to help deliver on the Commonwealth's
00:17 recommitted plan of continuous naval shipbuilding.
00:21 We have funded it.
00:22 The announcement that we made is separated from all the announcements that we saw under
00:26 the former government because the money is there.
00:30 It's no longer a question about where is the work coming from, it's a question about how
00:34 we make sure we get the work done.
00:36 Which will need thousands of extra workers at the shipyard and in the supply chain.
00:41 Richard Marles touring the facilities meeting those already employed on the frigate program.
00:46 And he concedes finding more people in air safe for the projects could be a problem.
00:51 While it is a challenge I'm confident we can meet the challenge.
00:54 Thoughts echoed by the Defence industry.
00:57 Yes it's not going to be easy but there are programs out there.
01:01 I mean the South Australian and Federal Governments have invested in a South Australian skills
01:05 development program which is now really taking shape.
01:07 I think we need to see the current approach multiplied.
01:11 We need to see the current approach on steroids basically.
01:14 I think the Government realise that.
01:16 Peter Malinowska says it's his Government's responsibility to continue to invest in people.
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