ABC
Apprentices who work in residential construction would get a $10,000 cash bonus under an election policy to be launched by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the National Press Club on Friday.
The PM will frame the incentive as a double win, aiding “the next generation of tradies” while also providing a much-needed workforce boost to a construction sector that is struggling to meet the lofty goal of 1.2 million new homes in five years.
“Right now, a first-year carpentry apprentice earns about two-thirds of the minimum wage … As a number have said, they could earn a lot more stacking shelves in their local supermarket,” he will say, according to an excerpt of his speech released to media.