Department of Employment, Small Business and Training

$320 million over four years (and $80 million each year ongoing) to permanently fund the Skilling Queenslanders for Work program, assisting up to 15,000 disadvantaged Queenslanders each year with no- or low-fee training and qualifications to enter and stay in the workforce.

Up to 15,000 disadvantaged Queenslanders a year get free or low-cost training and support to find secure work, with the program now permanently funded.

General Government operating. $320 million over 4 years and $80 million each year ongoing to permanently fund the program ($80 million in 2021-22, per BP2 Expense Measures Table 7.1).

Up to $140 million in additional funding over four years for a revitalised Back to Work program, giving businesses the confidence to employ Queenslanders who have experienced unemployment or face disadvantage in the labour market.

Employers get incentives to hire jobseekers who have been out of work, helping more than 25,000 Queenslanders into jobs.

General Government operating. Up to $140 million in additional funding over 4 years ($35 million in 2021-22, per BP2 Expense Measures Table 7.1; $35 million each year to 2024-25).

A $100.5 million Queensland matching investment as part of the initial national JobTrainer Fund, delivering no- or low-fee training places in accredited short courses and qualifications to support jobseekers, school leavers and young people as Australia recovers from COVID-19.

Jobseekers and young people get free or low-fee short courses to retrain and find work as the economy recovers.

General Government operating, $100.5 million Queensland matching investment in the national JobTrainer Fund; the papers do not separately disclose a 2021-22 budget-year figure, so the budget-year amount is recorded as null.

A $140 million Big Plans for Small Business commitment, including a $100 million Business Investment Fund (managed by QIC) to co-invest in established small and medium businesses, a permanent Queensland Small Business Commissioner, and $30 million to increase small business skills and capability.

Small businesses get co-investment, a dedicated commissioner and skills support to grow and access new markets.

Mixed (equity co-investment plus grants). $140 million over 4 years, including the $100 million Business Investment Fund; the papers do not separately disclose a single 2021-22 budget-year figure, so the budget-year amount is recorded as null.

$47.8 million in 2021-22 of the total $100 million Equipping TAFE for our Future program to build and modernise TAFE facilities, including the Robina TAFE campus fit-out, the Central Queensland University Rockhampton consolidation and the Mackay Ooralea Trade Training Centre expansion.

TAFE students get modernised campuses and training facilities to learn the skills of the future.

General Government capital, $47.8 million in 2021-22 of the $100 million Equipping TAFE for our Future program.