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Ms Bowden attends the TAFE Queensland Cairns campus for apprenticeship block training She said she hadn t paid a cent for her apprenticeship this year under the state government s free apprenticeships for under 25s program introduced in January. We re lucky being in the mining aspect meaning we re on a higher wage than people doing a domestic apprenticeship. That s still the apprenticeship wage, so it will go up, plus I can spend the money on tools or a house deposit. It s been really good - we get rotated to a different location every six months so we get experience working at a bunch of different areas like the mine, the plant, the electrical workshop, the railway and the power house.
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‘Pawstep’ Portraits: Photographing Tails of the Pandemic
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Covid restrictions prevented Emily Bowden from working as an interiors photographer.
So she decided to start a new project, and created ‘Pawstep Portraits: Tails of the Pandemic.’
It involves photographing dogs with their owners, who then donate to the NHS or Lanta Animal Welfare, a charity in Thailand where Emily had previously volunteered.
The 40-year-old from Kilburn said she loves capturing the personalities of dogs, but also has photographed one cat.
Video by Jamie Moreland.
Covid-19: £5bn fund for High Streets and rapid tests for pupils families in England
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1. £5bn fund for the High Street to get the tills ringing again
A £5bn cash grant scheme will be announced in Wednesday s Budget to help shops and other businesses in England recover from the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said. His hope is that the grants, worth up to £18,000 per firm, will help get the tills ringing again when lockdown eases in England in April. Businesses have broadly welcomed the payment, but some groups say it needs to go further. Ahead of the Budget, what is the challenge facing the chancellor?