$187 Million To Double Training Places And Boost Productivity
Source: Australia. Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. Media release
"The Rudd Government will invest $187 million to create an additional 56,000 new training places this year to help keep the economy strong in these tough times.
This decisive action is part of the Government’s $10.3 billion Economic Security Strategy to strengthen productivity and protect the Australian economy from the global financial crisis.
This funding injection will effectively double the Productivity Places Program from 57,000 to 113,000 and take the Government’s total investment in training places to more than $400 million since April 2008."