Labor has promised to make 100,000 fee-free TAFE places available every year if re-elected.

The move has been condemned by the opposition, who say the government has been secretive in not releasing graduation data, which they attribute to a high dropout rate among students.

In other jurisdictions which have had the policy, the completion rates for some courses is as low as 1%.

Luke Grant chats with Deputy Opposition Leader, Susan Ley, to find out why the government has been hiding the data close to its chest and what we do know about the deeply flawed policy.