The Australian    |     6 October 2012 The Commonwealth government has endorsed the Northern Territory's plan to roll out the new national training 'entitlement' and is providing an additional $18 million over the next 5 years to help fund it. The funds are being allocated under the $1.75 billion National Partnership Agreement on Skills Reform, which was signed off by the Council of Australian Governments in April. The national partnership is additional to regular federal funding of state and territory vocational training systems, which totals about $1.4bn a year. To qualify for the extra money, states and territories must submit plans detailing how they plan to implement the … [Read more...]