JobTrainer program to be extended under $1b budget plan to reskill workforce, slash unemployment
School leavers, young Australians and the jobless will be targeted under a $1 billion budget plan to train and reskill the workforce to drive the unemployment rate well below pre-pandemic levels.
The ABC can reveal Tuesday’s budget will extend the JobTrainer program for another 12 months, with tens of thousands of people to be offered free or low-fee courses equipping them for work in areas of shortages, including aged care, IT and childcare.
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