SMH: 16 July 2020: Job seekers and school leavers will be promised $2 billion in federal support to learn new skills in a sweeping federal program “JobTrainer” to help them tough out the recession amid deepening unemployment.
The Morrison government will commit $500 million to a new “JobTrainer” scheme to run new courses for thousands of workers so they have the skills that will be in demand when a recovery comes.
The government will also spend $1.5 billion on further wage subsidies for apprentices including this year’s school-leavers, in a significant move to extend a key stimulus measure beyond its original September deadline.
Mr Morrison will bill the new package as a way to help 340,000 trainees and 180,000 apprentices gain the skills they will need to fill new jobs “on the other side of the crisis” in the assumption of a recovery.
The courses are expected to be in fields such as health, social assistance, transport, warehousing, manufacturing and retail, although this is also subject to discussions with the states.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/government-s-2-billion-jobtrainer-plan-to-help-school-leavers-and-unemployed-20200715-p55cev.html
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For more information and Senator Cash’s media release: https://ministers.dese.gov.au/morrison/jobtrainer-skills-package-economic-growth-and-recovery