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Southport Shares Government Initiative's 100, 000 Jobs success |
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| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Apr 20 2006 |
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The State Government's Breaking the Unemployment Cycle initiative has passed its 100, 000 jobs target more than a year ahead of schedule, with the electorate of Southport contributing 954 to the total.
Member for Southport Peter Lawlor said that since 1998 $10.7 million funding had been allocated to Southport. Another 292 jobseekers have been helped with valuable job-related assistance through the program.
"Employers, councils and local community groups have actively supported this initiative in order to reach this great result" Mr Lawlor said.
"Through the initiative jobseekers have worked on community projects, such as restoring or renovating community facilities, or have received intensive language, literacy and numeracy assistance, job-search skills or vocational training.
"Breaking the Unemployment Cycle may be a State Government initiative, but it is the people of Queensland who have made it work."
In Southport since Breaking the Unemployment Cycle began:
173 local jobseekers have gained paid work and experience on community projects.
$6 377 144 was invested in 34 local community projects to improve facilities and give jobseekers valuable work experience and extra skills.
370 people have been given job-search and other related assistance.
$805 000 in cash incentives has been paid to private employers and group training organisations in Southport and 324 additional apprentices and 126 additional trainees have been employed in crucial, skills-shortage industries.
State and local government agencies and community organisations have created 112 extra traineeships, four extra apprenticeships and 13 school-based positions.
80 jobseekers including young people, unemployed early school leavers and ex-offenders received intensive employment and training assistance. $623 680 funding has been provided for projects in Southport for this purpose.
52 mature-aged jobseekers have received tailored assistance, including job search and job preparation assistance, to help them compete in the labour market.
When the Queensland Government established the Breaking the Unemployment Cycle initiative in 1998 it committed $283 million for the program over four years. It aimed to create 24 500 jobs and encourage new, entry-level jobs in industries crucial to the state's development.
But its early success led the Government to expand it to a six-year, $473.9 million commitment to create more than 56 000 jobs. It was again revised in October 2002 with the target of creating 100 000 jobs for Queensland by mid-2007 with an increased investment of $269.7 million. This brought the total investment in the innovative program to $743.6 million.
In addition to this total investment, the Queensland Government has made available up to $5 million per annum since 1999 to assist retrenched workers under the Worker Assistance Program.
The State Government's Breaking the Unemployment Cycle initiative has now reached its target and helped create over 100, 000 jobs for Queenslanders.
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