West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has rejected claims the government has not done enough to ensure contractors of state-funded infrastructure projects employ enough apprentices. Opposition leader Mark McGowan yesterday said the party would revive the Priority Start program, under which ...

Beau Graafland, 17, was named the 2012 school-based apprentice of the year at the Manufacturing Skills Awards in Brisbane on May 18. He’s just started a full-time apprenticeship as a diesel mechanic at Cairns regional council. The teenager was doing ...