Jobs will be lost in NSW

Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for State and Regional Development Andrew Stoner today said the Rees Labor Government's decision to axe Department of Education and Training (DET) apprenticeship support positions would cost people jobs on the Mid North Coast and North Coast. Documents leaked to the NSW Opposition showed that from the end of the first school term, DET positions and services that get students into apprenticeships and traineeships on the North Coast will end. The documents state that this is because State Government funds "are no longer available." These positions and services will be replaced by just one regional apprenticeship officer for the entire North Coast.