
ACT Party backing more funding for trades training
The ACT Party wants trades to stop being treated as a second best option to university. It has launched a policy to boost the standing of and access to trade training. the coalition government is already putting an extra $70 million from the scrapped fees free scheme into doubling trade academy places to 20,000. ACT candidate Paul Henry spoke to Lisa Owen.
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