The Australian   18 September 2012 Training groups are furious over NSW's decision to scrap funding for a program that costs it just $1.7 million a year and helps ensure jobs for about 8000 apprentices and trainees. “It makes no sense whatsoever,” said Group Training Australia chief executive Jim Barron. The state government has announced funding for the Joint Group Training Scheme will finish at the end of the year. The decision was part of an estimated $80m in cuts to vocational training funding and another $120m to school education, announced last week. The program funds group training organisations to employ apprentices and trainees on behalf of mostly small companies … [Read more...]