Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) Share this | Hansard source

One of the things we have discussed in this chamber and also in Senate estimates is the importance of education for Indigenous students, the work that is being undertaken across the country to drive up rates of literacy and numeracy but also to ensure that rates of school retention continue to rise.

The next challenge is helping students move from school into employment. I am happy to say that under this program organisations that deliver school based traineeships will be able to apply not just for funding to deliver the traineeships but also to provide support that is needed to help students to complete them and afterwards. One of the most critical elements of the program is that it will fund mentoring and case management for the students both in school and post school as well as in the workplace. This will ensure that the students get the personalised support, the one-on-one support they need, to overcome any barriers to finishing their traineeships and finding a job. (Time expired)