what is it, who qualifies, what does it pay?
- Written by Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
ShutterstockThe Australian government has announced a A$2 billion skills package it has dubbed JobTrainer.
It follows JobKeeper, the wage subsidy program (worth about A$70 billion); Jobseeker, which doubled the A$550-a-week unemployment benefit (as well as other government income payments, at a cost of A$14 billion); and JobMaker, providing A$250...
