Business by Kelmeny Fraser
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Subscriber only A training company whose state funding was cut after a Sunday Mail investigation into job agencies luring the unemployed into subsidised courses has collapsed into liquidation. It comes as nine companies remain under investigation by the State Government, which will consider hiking penalties for companies caught breaching contract rules under the training scheme. A special investigation by The Sunday Mail in August exposed a scheme in which job agencies would advertise entry level jobs, such as factory and warehouse work, only to tell applicants they would need to sit through a free Certificate 3 course with a particular trainer to be eligible for work.