50,000 New ‘green’ jobs

(Via ThinkingAustralia.com)

The government is aiming to create 50,000 new jobs in ‘green’ industries across the country, writes Nick Gibson.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made the promise to delegates at a Labor Party conference in Australia this week.

Russ says the new job creation scheme will include new full-time jobs and apprenticeships for young people a spart of a wider initiative to combat climate change and secure future employment.

The new ‘green’ jobs package is to include 30,000 new apprenticeships that will provide training in environmentally-friendly building practices such as installing solar energy panels and water recycling systems and retro-fitting homes to be more energy efficient.

Around 10,000 new jobs will be created in a national Green Jobs Corps
providing environmental training for unemployed young people in new schemes involving public works projects such as tree-planting and restoring walking tracks.

The government has also committed extra money to create another 10,000 jobs to encourage sustainability and green building practices.

In announcing the new $94 million jobs package, Kevin Rudd said the move is aimed at helping young people obtain new skills that will be highly relevant to a lower-carbon economy in the future.

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