Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the government will 'double' its commitment to the JobTrainer fund, provide additional training support for women to enter 'non-traditional' workforce trades, education short courses, and an increase to JobSeeker.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the government will "double" its commitment to the JobTrainer fund, provide additional training support for women to enter "non-traditional" workforce trades, education short courses, and an increase to JobSeeker. "In this budget, we double our commitment to the JobTrainer fund, supporting a total of more than 450,000 new training places to upskill job seekers and young people," Mr Frydenberg said. "At a cost of $2.
"We will help more women break into non-traditional trades with training support for 5,000 places and we will provide 2,700 places in Indigenous girls academies to help them finish school and enter the workforce and more STEM scholarships for women in partnership with industry. "Tonight, we are also providing another 5,000 places in higher education short courses and better matching job seekers to jobs. We will invest in modernising employment services.
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