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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 1 Hansard (20 February) . . Page.. 315 ..

MRS CARNELL (continuing):

(2) Private sector employment and unemployment trend data for (a) industry and (b) occupation are not published by the ABS

(3) There are no projections about industries and occupations that are likely to contribute to (a) employment and (b) unemployment.

(4) For 1996/97, the government is contributing $1.68m to labour market programs targeting industries contributing to employment growth. Programs funded by the ACT Government focus on areas where opportunities exist for unemployed people particularly those linked to business development.

The programs include

. Annual Employment Grants Program

. funding for three Open Access Centres including a new centre in Tuggeranong

. the Trades and Technical Women on the Move program;

. the New Future in Small Business Program provides older unemployed people who have been retrenched or made redundant with an opportunity to establish themselves in a sucessful small business. As part of the training course participants examine the feasibility of their proposed business and prepare a business plan in the light of current economic climate;

. start up grants to Youth Business Initiative participants;

. the Youth Joblink program aims to place unemployed people under the age of 25 yerars in new additional jobs in Canberra businesses

. 50 twelve month traineeship places will be made available in the ACT Public Service with priority being given to teenagers who have been unemployed for at least six months;

. two additional intakes will be made available under the New Future in Small Business program to retrenched or redundant people aged 40 and over who are considering establishing their own small business; and

. the Women's Workforce Development Scheme will again operate in 1996/97, providing six months work experience and training for women wishing to return to the workforce.

(5) The government has a policy of encouraging growth for all businesses including (a) intervening in the market place to support declining industries or declining occupations and (b) encouraging the market trend by supporting growing industries or growing occupations in the ACT. The government does this through a number of channels, including

. the ACT Business Incentives Scheme and the Business Development Fund;

. the Small Business Summit which provided opportunities and mechanisms for small business in Canberra to have input into Government decision-making processes and to contribute to the development of strategies to make the ACT business environment more business-friendly;

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