The bill puts industry and employers in charge of determining what their skill needs are through the creation of workforce development councils. Unlike the industry training organisations (ITOs) that they replace, workforce development councils will have a standard-setting role in off-the-job training as well as on-the-job training. A new, unified funding system will bring an end to the perverse incentives that we have in our current system, where on-the-job training and off-the-job training compete with one another, rather than being seen as integral parts of our skills development system. Contrary to the claims by some who should know better, this bill will not result in on-the-job apprenticeship training being moved into classrooms. In fact, quite the opposite: this bill is about ensuring that we have more on-the-job learning opportunities available to more people and that they and their employers have more support in the process.