Stirling Griff (SA, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Canavan representing Senator Cash, the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. In the latest budget, the government committed about $350 million over five years to support 80,000 new apprentices in areas of skills shortages. Last week, Senator Cash told a VET conference she was 'passionate about lifting the profile of vocational education'. What is the government's plan to support these young apprentices, many of whom are school leavers, to ensure they stick with their training all the way and actually emerge with a qualification?