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

As the government know, all of our policies work together. They work together to strengthen the economy so that businesses can reopen their doors and employ more Australians. The policies work together as part of our $74 billion JobMaker plan. Along with putting in place the economic framework required for growth, our employment programs themselves support out-of-work Australians into training and vocational pathways to ensure that they have the skills they need to get a job. Of course, this now works in conjunction with the $1 billion JobTrainer Fund, which provides up to 320,000 free or low-cost training places in areas of actual skills demand. We've worked, as I've said previously, with the states and territories on the ground to understand their actual labour market demand so that, when people are looking at putting their hand up and undertaking these free or low-cost courses, they're getting skilled up for actual areas of labour market demand in that particular state or territory. (Time expired)