Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

Again, older Australians are the most experienced people we have in our workforce and, as we know—considering it is all of us—they contribute greatly to the economy. But what we are also doing, in addition to the skills checkpoint is, from 1 January 2019, we have the Skills and Training Incentive. If you qualify, you will go through the skills checkpoint and you will work with your program manager to identify a skill that you may require or you identify a training opportunity linked to your current job, a future job opportunity or an industry occupation or skill in demand, and you will be able to put forward and access up to $2,200 from the government to fund reskilling or upskilling opportunities, and this funding will be co-matched by either you, if you want to, or, alternatively, your employer. This is all about ensuring that older mature aged Australians have the skills the economy requires. (Time expired)