National Partnership on the Skilling Australians Fund

The National Partnership on the Skilling Australians Fund Agreement is between the Commonwealth of Australia and the States and Territories. The objective of this Agreement is to improve employment outcomes by supporting Australians to obtain the skills and training they need for jobs in demand through increasing the uptake of apprenticeships and traineeships, pre-apprenticeships, pre-traineeships, higher apprenticeships, and other relevant employment related training. This Agreement will commence as soon as the Commonwealth and one other Party sign it and will expire on 30 June 2022 or on completion of final performance reporting and processing of final payments against performance benchmarks or milestones, whichever is the later. The Agreement may be terminated earlier or extended as agreed in writing by the Parties.

This Agreement will facilitate Australians to obtain the skills and training they need, and meet employer, industry and labour market needs for skilled workers. It will be supported by the [Skilling Australians] Fund which is estimated to deliver a national target of up to 300,000 additional apprenticeships, traineeships, pre-apprenticeships, pre-traineeships, higher-apprenticeships, and other relevant employment-related training, relative to agreed baselines.

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