Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation, Senator Arbib. Can the minister inform the Senate on progress under the government’s Apprentice Kickstart program? In particular, did the government meet its target of signing up 21,000 apprentices over summer this year? Given that the National Centre for Vocational Research recently released a report showing a drop in apprentice commencements during the global recession, how has Apprentice Kickstart helped address this trend?