Federal Budget 24-25

Federal Budget 24-25

The Association welcomes the investment of an additional $600 million in Skills and Training to support apprentices and their employers, break down barriers for women in male dominated industries and ...
Student debt relief

Student debt relief

The Association welcomes the announcement that the HELP indexation rate will be retrospectively capped to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the Wage Price Index (WPI) whichever is lower. This will red...
New model of Apprenticeship Support Services.

New model of Apprenticeship Support Services.

The National Australian Apprenticeships Association represents the organisations that deliver support services to all apprentices and trainees in Australia. The Australian Government have just announc...
Strategic Review of Australian Apprenticeships and Incentives

Strategic Review of Australian Apprenticeships and Incentives

The Association welcomes the release of the Terms of Reference for the Strategic Review of Australian Apprenticeships and Incentives. The terms foreshadow a comprehensive deep dive into incentive syst...
Support from Priah

Support from Priah

Priah Chartered Accountants – previously known as Anthony Curtis and Co Chartered Accountants have supported NAAA for the last 10 years Jackie Curtis took over the firm from her father 3 years a...
Budget measures assist apprentices

Budget measures assist apprentices

The 23-24 federal budget included a welcome boost to apprenticeship support services funding, taking total investment to $1.1billion over the next five years. This represents an increase of $54.3m whi...
Future Directions for Apprenticeship Support Services

Future Directions for Apprenticeship Support Services

Minister Brendan O’Connor today launched a future directions paper on Apprenticeship Support Services. The Association warmly welcomes the focus on putting the apprentice at the centre of the servic...
Apprenticeships Jobs and Skills

Apprenticeships Jobs and Skills

Apprenticeships are the heart of the skills and training system. If Australia is to tackle today’s workforce and skills shortages it must take a fresh approach to attraction, retention, and completi...
New apprenticeship incentive system

New apprenticeship incentive system

The Association strongly supports the apprenticeship measures announced by the Treasurer in the Federal Budget this week. The extension of the Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements (BAC) and Completin...
Extension of BAC and CAC

Extension of BAC and CAC

The Association warmly welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement today that the Boosting Apprenticeship Commencement program is to be extended for new commencements that occur before June 30th, 202...