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50% OFF Vehicle Registrations for Apprentices
Kasey Wilson • February 2, 2016
As of the 1 st of January 2016, Vic Roads is offering a 50% discount on 12-month vehicle registrations for eligible trade apprentices. That means a possible saving of up to $385.70! However, the following criterion needs to be met:
- You must be registered as an apprentice with the Victorian Registrations Qualification Authority (VRQA) in an eligible course
- The vehicle needs to be registered in your own name (motorcycles, trailers and mobile plant are excluded)
- Not already have a concession applied to the vehicle(except for discounts for hybrid and electric passenger vehicles)
- The vehicle must be used for work purposes, including travelling to multiple and varied work sites (this does not include commuting or travel to and from a single work site)
- You must hold a current drivers license
- Not already have a trade apprentice discount applied on another vehicle
Once you have received your renewal notice, you will be able to apply online or in store at Vic Roads where you will have to provide them with your VRQA registration number, vehicle registration number and driver's license number. Vic Roads will also verify with your employer that the vehicle is used for work purposes.
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Eligibility
Permanent employees who are stood down or lose their employment, sole traders, the self-employed, casual workers and contract workers. This payment is in addition to the JobSeeker Payment under expanded accessibility
Existing and new recipients of the JobSeeker Payment, Youth Allowance JobSeeker, Youth Allowance Student, Parenting Payment, Farm Household Allowance, Special Benefit
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In line with the second economic response package, the federal government is supporting small business to retain their apprentices and trainees. Wages subsidies will be paid to eligible employers equal to 50% of their apprentices/trainees wages from 1 January 2020 to 30 September 2020. Employers who are eligible will be reimbursed up to a maximum of $21,000 per apprentice/trainee.
Eligibility
The subsidy will be available to small businesses employing fewer than 20 full-time employees who retain an apprentice or trainee as at 1 March 2020.
Has re-employed a displaced apprentice/trainee, who was employed by a small business at 1 March 2020 but who has since been released from their apprenticeship/traineeship by their employer.
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