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INCREASED FUNDING AND PLACES FOR TRAINING    

$143 MILLION BOOST FOR CAREERS ADVICE TO YOUNG AUSTRALIANS    

RECORD FUNDING FOR VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL EDUCATION    

$587 MILLION FOR NEW APPRENTICESHIPS INCENTIVES    

ELIMINATING NEW APPRENTICE POACHING    

$537 MILLION FOR INCOME SUPPORT TO NEW APPRENTICES    

$351 MILLION TO HELP YOUNG AUSTRALIANS INTO TRADITIONAL TRADES    

$120 MILLION IN THE TOOLKIT FOR NEW APPRENTICES    

$106 MILLION FOR TRADE LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPS    

$52 MILLION TO GET A HAND UP IN THE TRADES    

$46 MILLION GROUP TRAINING INITIATIVE    

$23 MILLION TO PROMOTE TRADE SKILLS EXCELLENCE    

$5.8 MILLION EXTENDS RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT FOR NEW APPRENTICES    

OPENING UP NEW APPRENTICESHIP INCENTIVES    

$28.9 MILLION FOR INCREASED LANGUAGE AND LITERACY TRAINING    

WELFARE TO WORK – MORE TRAINING PLACES    

Welfare to Work – Expansion of vocational education and training to support participation     

Welfare to work - Additional Language, Literacy and Numeracy Places    

Welfare to Work - Additional Career Planning Places    

RECORD $7.8 BILLION BUDGET INVESTMENT FOR AUSTRALIAN HIGHER EDUCATION    

$26 MILLION FOR VETERINARY SCIENCE AND TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AT JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY    

$25 MILLION BOOST FOR UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY    

EXTRA AGED CARE NURSING UNIVERSITY PLACES    

$2 MILLION FOR IT UPGRADE AT CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY    

$8.5 BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS IN 2005-06    

35% BOOST TO STATE SCHOOL CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME    

$73.8 MILLION BOOST FOR RURAL AND ISOLATED FAMILIES’ EDUCATION ASSISTANCE    

$30 MILLION TOWARDS A QUALITY TEACHING PROFESSION    

$13 MILLION TO HELP COUNTRY FAMILIES WITH SCHOOL HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION    

NSW STATE SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE $998 MILLION    

VICTORIAN STATE SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE $659 MILLION    

QUEENSLAND STATE SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE $603 MILLION    

WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S STATE SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE $317 MILLION    

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STATE SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE $220 MILLION    

NT GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE $89 MILLION    

TASMANIAN STATE SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE $84 MILLION    

ACT STATE SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE $44 MILLION    

BUILDING ON OUR COMMITMENT TO INDIGENOUS LEARNING    

$23 MILLION FOR TRAINING INDIGENOUS YOUTH FROM REMOTE AREAS    

$12 MILLION TO PRESERVE INDIGENOUS CULTURAL HERITAGE    

$12.9 MILLION SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME TO SUPPORT FUTURE INDIGENOUS LEADERS    

$8.7 MILLION FOR TUTORIAL SUPPORT FOR REMOTE INDIGENOUS STUDENTS    

RECORD FUNDING FOR SCIENCE AND INNOVATION    

$68.5 MILLION FOR NEW FACILITIES AT CSIRO