SA budget: Funding cuts to skills and training will reduce apprenticeships

Young South Australians will struggle to get apprenticeships because of funding cuts to training in the state budget, the Opposition says.

The 2016-17 state budget was released on Thursday and delivered a surplus for the first time in seven years.

But Opposition employment spokesperson David Pisoni said $57 million in net costs had been sliced from skills and training programs.

He said it was coming at a time when vocational training was essential for SA's future.

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