Posts tagged "apprenticeships"

The federal government has paid $500 million to businesses under its apprenticeship and training subsidies program, Michaelia Cash says.

Apprentice wages will be supported through to March next year in a $1.5 billion extension to subsidies that will also see medium sized businesses benefit.

Labor leader Bill Shorten has appealed to the tills of small business in his budget reply, asking them to back sensible increases in wages.

The number of women in the manual trades in Australia has barely budged in the last 20 years.

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is "unacceptable" that funds from the federal government's "Skilling Australians" fund are not flowing through to the states as planned after the $1.5 billion commitment to apprenticeships was outlined in the 2017 federal budget. 

By Peter Noonan and Sarah Pilcher, Victoria University

It’s rare to find an issue that unites both sides of politics, employers and t…

Businesses that use the federal government’s new temporary skill shortage visa will be required to contribute to a national skills fun…

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

Bill Shorten will put creating new jobs, sustaining existing ones, and training and retraini…

Labor has pledged to increase the amount of apprenticeship opportunities across the country, with a plan unveiled by opposition Leader Bill …

When Prime Minister Abbott went to the United States in June this year, he visited a P-Tech High school in Brooklyn. He said such schools we…

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on both major political parties to halt the “alarming drop” in apprenticeship…

Australia’s leading industry groups have called on the federal government and opposition to halt a flow of policies that have led to a dra…