Program to ReBoot training

YOUNG people who lack basic skills will be targeted with a $46.8m program to try to get 5000 of them into education or work.

This month’s budget is set to include a new pre-employment program called ReBoot aimed at those aged between 15 and 24 who lack the discipline and motivation to benefit from existing programs.

The aim is to develop their capability and sense of selfworth to enable them to undertake further education or an apprenticeship.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Australia’s unemployment rate of 4 per cent had given the country a historic opportunity to get more people off welfare and into work.

“We want to ensure young Australians have access to the opportunities they need to thrive, but we know for some there can be some significant barriers, especially since the pandemic,” he said.

“Good physical and mental health, exercise and social connectedness are critical to maintaining wellbeing, resilience and the attitude necessary to overcome the challenge of long-term unemployment.”

It will begin in early 2023.