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*** Embargo unti l delivery ***Campaign Media ReleasePrime Minister Kevin RuddMinister for Employment, Skills and Training Brendan OConnorMinister for Employment Participation Kate Ellis

LABORS JOBS, TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP GUARANTEE: JOBS AND

TRAINING AUSTRALIA

Federal Labor today announced a plan for a new way to secure jobs and grow oureconomy, to provide future opportunities for our kids.

The Federal Labor Governments $8.5 Billion non-remote Employment Services

system has performed well in its first four years, placing more than 1.6 million out-of-work Australians into jobs and significantly contributing to the nations very low

unemployment rate.We have now identified room for improvement with the benefit of extensive

consultation with the people who matter employers, service providers, community

leaders, and welfare advocates.We believe it can be reshaped and better targeted so it is more jobseeker and

business focused and more locally aware of areas of need and skills shortages.As part of its J obs, Training and Apprenticeship Guarantee, a re-elected Rudd LaborGovernment will re-cast J ob Services Australia as J obs and Training Australia.More local leadership At the heart of the new J obs and Training Australia system will be new J obs and

Training Boards. Commencing in 2015, they will: Have independence from government, consisting of representatives from

business, local government, social, health and welfare services, VETcoordinators, unions and the Commonwealth.

Develop and implement a J obs and Training Plan, based on labour marketinformation and priorities, needs and trends in local communities.

Determine local training and employment needs and design programs tomake a real difference.

Have priority access to funding under the new Step into Skills, SupportingManufacturing and Community Services Assistance initiatives.

Control a local J obs Fund to invest in projects that respond to local needs.


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Foster greater partnerships between employment services, our health systemand other community services to achieve better outcomes for all jobseekers,particularly the most disadvantaged.

Prior to their commencement nationally, Federal Labor will launch the first stage of

the new Boards in the twenty one Priority Employment Areas we established from2009.The first stage of the Boards will be funded with $34.4 million in additional

investment to 1 J uly 2015. From 1 J uly 2015, the Boards will be funded from within

the existing job services funding envelope, through savings achieved through

reduced administration and red tape.Linking employment services with bus iness

Twenty-one connected and savvy Local Area Coordinators have been embedded in

disadvantaged and job-challenged communities around Australia such as Western

Sydney, North Adelaide and East Melbourne to create and seize employmentopportunities through smart networking and local funding.Over 500 local projects worth over $19 million have been delivered by the Local

Employment Coordinators.Their remarkable success stories have presented a blueprint for national job service

delivery that couldnt be ignored. They get great results and we want to see them

work in many more places around the country but in a much more enhanced and

sophisticated way, including:

Moving to a place-based and demand-led employment services systemwhich focuses on local needs and on employers.

Establishing an independent regulator to improve standards, reduce red tapeand maintain accountability for government investment.

Establish regional J obs and Training Boards in natural labour market areasacross the country. These Boards will:

o Have independence from government and be made up ofrepresentatives from business; local government; social, health andwelfare services; VET coordinators; unions and the Commonwealth.

o Be supported by advice from government agencies on local labourmarket, economic and training issues and opportunities, as well aswork closely with employment services providers, RTOs and AustralianApprenticeships services.

The success of these place-based programs has been recognised by the OECD,which has singled out the success of our model, and recommended theestablishment of community boards to expand their work.

Delivering training relevant to local labour market and industry needs

The Federal Labor Government will move to integrate the local expertise to be

provided by local J obs and Training Boards into the training system and will work


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closely with industry, unions, State, Territory and local governments and trainingproviders to realise this vision.As the first concrete steps:

The first 21 J obs and Training Boards will have priority access to fundingunder the new Step into Skills, Supporting Manufacturing and Community

Services Assistance initiatives. J obs and Training Boards set up under the first stage of the new

arrangements will be afforded priority access to the Skills Connect Fund,established in the 2013-14 Budget.

Federal Labor will work with the States and Territories to prioritise delivery ofthe entitlement to areas with well identified local skills shortages highlightedby the first local Boards.

Federal Labor will ask the Australian Workforce Productivity Agency to takeaccount of the advice of J obs and Training Boards when setting the prioritiesof training places funded under the National Workforce Development Fund.

For jobseekers, we will require employment service providers to placejobseekers into training that directly links to the lists of skills and prioritiesidentified by J obs and Training Boards in order to receive pathway funding.

Federal Labor will consult with the community, employers, State, Territory and localgovernments, unions, training and service providers and other stakeholders on the

final size, boundaries and number of J obs and Training Board regions, and on the

best implementation arrangements to improve services and cut red tape for

providers.

We will end training for trainings sake, by ensuring that employment service

providers refer jobseekers for training that links directly to the advice of local J obs

and Training Boards.BRISBANE

1 SEPTEMBER 2013


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Election 13 Kevin Rudd and Labor

JOBS AND TRAINING AUSTRALIA

Under Labor, new Local Jobs and Training Boards will be established under a reformed

employment services system that will form better links with the training system, to be

re-cast as Jobs and Training Australia.

Local Jobs and Training Boards will:

Make sure employment service providers respond to the needs of local employers. Develop lists of local skills in demand - employment service providers will only be

permitted to refer job seekers for training on that list, making sure its training thatwill lead to a local job.

Build better links between local job needs and local training delivery. Better link employment and training services with health and social services, so that

all job seekers get the support they need to return to work.

Jobs and Training Boards will be rolled out nationally in 42 natural labour markets from

1 July 2015. Maps showing the proposed natural labour markets are attached.

Ahead of the full national roll-out, a re-elected Rudd Labor Government will establish localJobs and Training Boards from 1 January 2014 in the existing 21 Priority Employment Areas.

This policy is part of Federal Labors Jobs, Training and Apprenticeship Guarantee.

Local Jobs and Training Boards

Local Jobs and Training Boards are part of Labors plan to put local employers and job

seekers at the heart of our employment services and training system.


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Each Jobs and Training Board will develop a Jobs and Training Plan that identifies theregions challenges and opportunities, and sets out clear strategies to develop skills

and create local jobs.

Jobs and Training Boards will provide a single front door for business, because thereshould not be any barriers to creating new jobs.

Jobs and Training Boards will have access to flexible funding to develop partnershipsand projects that meet local needs. e.g. social enterprises and work experience

schemes for unemployed young Australians.

Jobs and Training Boards will develop local skills needs lists. Local employmentservice providers will only be able to refer jobseekers to training that is on the list

ending training for trainings sake.

The training system already has strong industry leadership through Industry Skills Councils,

yet employers still report that students are undertaking courses that wont lead to a local

job.

Labor will move to integrate the local expertise to be provided by local Jobs and Training

Boards into the training system and will work closely with industry, unions, State, Territory

and local governments and training providers to realise this vision.

As the first concrete steps:

The first 21 Jobs and Training Boards will have priority access to funding under thenew Step into Skills, Supporting Manufacturing and Community Services Assistanceinitiatives.

Jobs and Training Boards set up under the first stage of the new arrangements willbe afforded priority access to the Skills Connect Fund, established in the 2013-14

Budget.

Labor will work with the States and Territories to prioritise delivery of theentitlement to areas with well identified local skills shortages highlighted by the first

local Boards.

Labor will ask the Australian Workforce Productivity Agency to take account of theadvice of Jobs and Training Boards when setting the priorities of training places

funded under the National Workforce Development Fund.

For jobseekers, we will require employment service providers to place jobseekersinto training that directly links to the lists of skills and priorities identified by Jobs

and Training Boards in order to receive pathway funding.

Labor will consult with the community, employers, State ,Territory and local

governments, unions, training and service providers and other stakeholders on the final

size, boundaries and number of Jobs and Training Board regions, and on the bestimplementation arrangements to improve services and cut red tape for providers.


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The first stage of Jobs and Training Australia 21 Local Jobs and Training Boards in Priority

Employment Areas.

Local Jobs and Training Boards will build upon the successful local employment co-ordinator

model introduced by Labor from 2009.

Figure 1:The 21 Priority Employment Areas that will form the first stage of the new systems roll -out from

2014.

Cost

The majority of the $34.4 million cost of the first stage of the local Jobs and Training Boards

has been provisioned for within the economic competitiveness fund that was funded in the

Economic Statement ($29.6 million), and some offsets ($4.8 million) from uncommitted

funds within the FaHCSIA portfolio.

The full reforms will be delivered in a cost neutral way within the existing $8.5 billionemployment services Budget, to be finalised as part of the 2015-16 budget process.

Maps of the proposed natural labour market regions are attached these will be the

subject of extensive consultation before being finalised.


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board regions - NSW


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board regions - Sydney


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board regions Victoria and Tasmania


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board regions Melbourne


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board regions QLD


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board regions Brisbane


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board Regions WA


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board Regions Perth


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board Regions SA


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board Regions Adelaide


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Proposed Jobs and Training Board Regions NT

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