Apprentices who have not yet completed their full trade qualifications are set to lose thousands of dollars when their Tool for Your Trade payment gets replaced with a HECS-style loan from July 1.
Thousands of young adults who are currently eligible for the payment up to $5500 have received a letter from the federal government informing them they will no longer receive future instalments, but can instead apply for the new Trade Support Loan.
- For more on this story see this week's Gazette.
First-year apprentice Kyle Bartalis and third-year apprentice Billy Morris have lost government apprentice funding. Picture: Gene Ramirez