The premier is offering 2,000 apprenticeships at the revived State Electricity Commission as part of a pre-election push
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Jacinta Allan has used Labor’s final state conference before the election to announce a plan for a government-owned electricity body to hire apprentices to address significant workforce shortages and job insecurity.
The Victorian premier announced the plan in a speech that drew on her father, Peter Allan’s experience as a linesman at the State Electricity Commission (SEC), which was revived by Daniel Andrews in 2023 after being privatised by former premier Jeff Kennett in the 1990s.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/23/state-sponsored-apprenticeships-and-decriminalising-cannabis-on-the-bill-at-victorias-labor-conference
Author : Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent
Publish date : 2026-05-23 05:18:00
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