Page 3074 - Week 11 - Tuesday, 11 September 1990

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ACT programs must complement those being offered by the Commonwealth in this area. The Skillshare program has recently been expanded to address the needs of disadvantaged unemployed youth. The Work Resources Centre has received funding of $60,000 under Special Services for Disadvantaged Young People and expects to employ a worker in this area shortly. The Commonwealth also has responsibility for the JET scheme (Job Education and Training) targeting supporting parents re-entering the workforce. The likely impact of JET has yet to be assessed in the ACT. I would expect all these issues to be addressed in the review of the ACT Employment Strategy being conducted by the Ministerial Advisory Council on Employment.

In the interim the Government has made considerable progress in putting in place a more responsive administrative structure placing housing, welfare and youth affairs within my portfolio. I am looking towards a more co-ordinated and constructive response to the needs of young people, including the problems of unemployment.

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