Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

I've referred to the $2.8 billion that the government have committed to supporting apprentices and trainees as a result of the impact of COVID-19, but we have also now partnered with states and territories around Australia to establish a $1 billion JobTrainer fund. The Commonwealth has committed half a billion dollars towards this fund, and I'm very pleased to say that all states and territories have signed up and have agreed to commit the matched funding. This will now deliver an additional 347,700 training places across Australia. Those training places will be free or low cost. They will also be in identified areas of skills need in individual states and territories.

All states and territories have also signed our Heads of Agreement for Skills Reform. We are working across Australia, with our state and territory counterparts, to make positive— (Time expired)