Morrison Government Invests $2 Billion in Skills Development to Bolster Economic Recovery

A builder works on a house in an established suburb in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 2, 2006. Ian Waldie/Getty Images

The federal government will spend $2 billion on retraining and upskilling Australians so they can get into sectors of the economy with job opportunities, as Australia recovers economically from COVID-19.

Announcing the new $1 billion “JobTrainer” package on July 16, the Morisson government said they had established more than 340,000 training places to help school leavers and the unemployed to develop new skills in growth sectors of the economy.