Di Farmer. Source: AAP/Dan Peled.
Growing Queensland’s social enterprise sector is the aim of a new fund that has been created to scale-up activities and create more training and employment opportunities in the state.
Minister for Employment and Small Business Di Farmer said the $8 million Social Enterprise Jobs Fund will develop the sector’s capacity, foster connections and raise awareness to improve market access.
“The jobs fund will harness the momentum built through the support to date and continue to promote a vibrant, diverse and sustainable social enterprise sector in Queensland,” Farmer said.
“It will help the sector to continue to develop and grow through providing grants, promoting potential procurement opportunities and supporting social enterprises to train and employ more Queenslanders.”
Queensland's growing social enterprise sector has been given an extra $8 million to help create jobs over the next two years. Minister for Employment and.
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Treasurer and Minister for Investment The Honourable Cameron Dick
After being the first state to recover all its jobs lost during the COVID pandemic, Queensland continues to see strong employment growth according to the latest ABS Labour Force data.
Treasurer and Minister for Investment Cameron Dick said another 23,300 jobs were added during March – equivalent to more than 750 Queensland jobs added per day.
“Today’s Labour Force data shows the Palaszczuk Government’s economic recovery plan is working,” Mr Dick said.
“Queensland was already leading the nation in job creation out of COVID-19, and that positioned has been strengthened with these latest numbers.