George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Minister for the Arts and Sport) Share this | Hansard source

I will go on. I was interrupted by the baying contempt by the trade union officials for people who actually use tool kits. As well, Senator Trood, we will provide employer incentives of $4,000 for apprentices and establish a $13,000 wage subsidy for mature age apprentices. We have created work skills vouchers of up to $3,000 for individuals aged 25 years or over who do not have year 12 or equivalent qualifications; created business skills training vouchers of up to $500 for apprentices; provided an additional 5,000 places in the Access Program, which assists job seekers experiencing barriers to skilled employment to obtain and maintain an Australian apprenticeship; provided up to 4,500 prevocational training places in the trades through group training arrangements; worked in partnership with group training organisations to provide an additional 7,000 Australian school based apprenticeships; and increased funding for the Australian apprenticeship centres to allow them to intervene during apprenticeships. (Time expired)