NOVEMBER 15, 2018: There’s a bit of grandstanding going on by Labor today regarding the Harrup Park arena development, because the Morrison Government has already recognised its significance for the region, and approved it to go through to Stage Two of the assessment process under the…
NOVEMBER 13, 2018: Australia’s finest apprentices and trainees, including representatives from Mackay and Townsville, will celebrate the sector’s night of nights at the 25th annual Australian Training Awards this week. The event recognises those with outstanding skills, professional characteristics and practices and I congratulate Telstra trainee Kathleen…
NOVEMBER 12, 2018: THERE will be more opportunities for regional students to go to university with the Morrison Government providing an additional $34.1 million for scholarships. What that means locally is that CQ University will have an additional 165 Commonwealth Support places next year, growing to 193 for each of the…
NOVEMBER 5, 2018: We've made some changes to two visa programs to help resolve agricultural labour shortages for farmers in the region. Adjustments to the Working Holiday Maker (WHM) subclass 417 and 462 visa program have been designed to target genuine workforce shortages in regional Australia without…
OCTOBER 31, 2018: The Morrison Government will invest $60 million to trial a wage subsidy as an incentive for employers in regional and rural communities to engage more apprentices. This means eligible employers across the region will be able to receive payments based on the apprentice’s relevant…