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Australia: Skills training rushed, underfunded

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Mon Sep 14 2009

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(From ABC.net.au) The Productivity Places Program started in April last year.

It aimed to provide training places for more than 700,000 people over five years to address Australia's skills shortage.

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Martin Riordan, the chief executive of TAFE Directors Australia, says the program has been in strife from day one.

He says it has failed to look at longer-term skills needs.

"The problem has been that the program was rushed and was underfunded in many cases by more than 50 per cent," he said.

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