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Mr Albanese also pledged $100 million to support 10,000 apprentices who chose to train for jobs in solar, green hydrogen, energy efficiency home upgrades and renewable manufacturing.
There would be 2,500 places a year over four years with $2,000 for starting a qualification and the same amount each year as well as on completion, capped at $10,000.
The federal government in Tuesday s budget promised to spend $2.7 billion over four years giving first-year subsidies to employers who take on new apprentices and trainees.
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Mr Albanese said the government s big-spending budget was all about trying to get voters to forget the coalition s failures over the past eight years.
Labor has pledged to build 30,000 social and affordable houses over five years through a $10billion future fund if the party wins the next federal election.
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Veteran company director and Future Fund board member John Poynton said he can help restore Crown Resorts to its former glory, insisting he always acted in the interests of all shareholders and is not a puppet for fallen casino mogul James Packer.
In his first public comments since the release of a damning report that found Crown not suitable to operate Sydneyâs second casino, Mr Poynton, one of few directors spared scathing criticism by former NSW Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin, SC, said he approached his appointment by Mr Packer in 2018 as being part of a solution to repairing Crown.