Essay by Eric Worrall
The leaders of our glorious Net Zero revolution can’t organise the paperwork for a flagship scholarship fund.
$50m fund for clean energy apprenticeships remains untouched
Vocational Education and Training
Wednesday 1 OctoberIn short:
The federal government committed $50 million for a fund to support apprenticeships in clean energy, but the money so far remains unspent.
The sector has warned that some clean energy apprentices are being turned away due to a bottleneck in facilities and provider incentives.
What’s next?
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A $50 million fund to support students wanting to study clean energy trades is yet to pay out a single dollar, nearly a year and a half after it was funded in the budget.
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In budget papers from last year, money had been allocated over five years from 2023-24.
But even the eligibility guidelines for that funding are yet to be released, and there are no listings on the government’s grants website.
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Evidence of clean energy apprentices being turned away
Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia chief executive Felix Pirie said he had not seen evidence that the fund had been progressed.
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Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-01/clean-energy-apprenticeship-fund-unspent/105817458
What on Earth is going on?
The government claims it is on track to transition most of Australia’s energy system by 2030, yet over a year into one of their flagship programmes, funding for training all the additional skilled workers they claim will be needed for the great Net Zero energy transition, not a dime of those scholarship funds have been released.
Normally when WUWT discusses government expenditures, we report how taxpayer money is being wasted. But this is next level – the current Australian administration is so incompetent, they get jammed up even when they are trying to waste our money.
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