Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

So many of our programs have been providing support right across the economy and across the country, but our local jobs program is putting boots on the ground across 25 regions by providing particular, focused support for employment and funding local jobs plans in collaboration with local stakeholders, employers and training organisations to help make sure the jobs growth in those sectors and regions is as strong as the growth we are trying to drive across the whole country.

Our JobMaker hiring credit provides benefits right across the country, supporting 450,000 young Australians back into work. Our Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements wage subsidy will help support the training of a new generation of 100,000 apprentices and trainees across Australia, but especially in regional and rural Australia, giving these apprentices and young Australians maximum opportunity to get a job in regional areas and to stay in those regions to contribute to their growth and opportunity, and, ultimately, to generate even more jobs into the future. (Time expired)