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Coalition makes first major school announcement with training college network
- The Coalition plans to build 12 new technical colleges to help school students develop in-demand skills, targeting regions with skill shortages or high youth unemployment.
- Opposition leader Peter Dutton stated that these colleges will help train the future workforce in various sectors, including housing and infrastructure.
- Sussan Ley, Coalition spokesperson, emphasized the need for more vocational education, noting that only 1% of Australian students pursue school-based apprenticeships, much fewer than in other countries.
- The Coalition aims to restore apprentices and trainees to over 400,000, with financial incentives for businesses hiring new apprentices.
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The Coalition would scrap free TAFE. Here's what they'd replace it with
Peter Dutton plans to establish a national network of technical colleges to address skills shortages if he wins the election, set to replace Labor's free TAFE policy.
·Newcastle, Australia
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Leaning Left9Leaning Right3Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution69% Left
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- 69% of the sources lean Left
69% Left
L 69%
R 23%
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