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GOVERNMENT STIMULUS TO KICKSTART APPRENTICESHIPS
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that the Rudd Government will invest $100 million in a new Apprentice Kickstart program to support up to 21,000 young Australians entering traditional trades this summer. The new program comes as a result of the final Keep Australia Working Report, which included recent figures showing people starting trade apprenticeships had dropped by more than 20 per cent during the economic downturn compared to the same time last year. To address this, the Rudd Government has fine-tuned the Jobs Fund stimulus measure to ensure that Australia continues to recruit and train apprentices in traditional trades and meets the potential skills shortage head on. Minister for Employment Participation Mark Arbib said that in the past year traditional trades apprentice starts had dropped by about 10,000.
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that the Rudd Government will invest $100 million in a new Apprentice Kickstart program to support up to 21,000 young Australians entering traditional trades this summer. The new program comes as a result of the final Keep Australia Working Report, which included recent figures showing people starting trade apprenticeships had dropped by more than 20 per cent during the economic downturn compared to the same time last year. To address this, the Rudd Government has fine-tuned the Jobs Fund stimulus measure to ensure that Australia continues to recruit and train apprentices in traditional trades and meets the potential skills shortage head on. Minister for Employment Participation Mark Arbib said that in the past year traditional trades apprentice starts had dropped by about 10,000.
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