$37 Million a week

[artemis]

.....Do none of our training organisations provide training for the unemployed? Very confusing.

One of ours is a recent registered tradie (plumber and gasfitter). He started out by doing a polytech foundation course, and said of the 20 or so that started only 4 finished. All (or most that left, not sure) were there collecting Jobseeker benefit, and the course was requirement by WINZ. Some left in the first week.

Our small tradie firm has taken a few off Jobseeker (no subsidy or anything), most low average and didn't last long. We don't do it any more - too high maintenance. What we can't do ourselves we sub out mostly to other small outfits.