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Construction Skills Queensland

Construction Skills Quensland (CSQ)is an Australian government owned organisation which commenced investment in renewable energy generation in July 2013. It was established by the Gillard Government to work in conjunction with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, mandatory renewable energy targets and a carbon pricing market mechanism to mitigate climate change in Australia. It was established under the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Bill 2012 which passed through the Parliament of Australia on the 22 July 2012.[1] CEFC is not supported by the Coalition Government. Then Opposition Leader Tony Abbott wrote to Jillian Broadbent, chair of CEFC on 5 August 2013 asking it to stop making new loans and to cease assessing new projects.[2] Mr Abbott and Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos confirmed the government will scrap the CEFC. On Thursday, 5 December 2013, CEFC Chairperson Jillian Broadband complained to ABC Radio National, begging the government to "break an election promise" and keep the CEFC in operation citing a 7% profit. Mr Sinodinos said that if it's making a profit, it should survive without the government and essentially confirmed the government will shut the corporation down. [3]

The Training Levy

A training levy (0.1%) is applied to all residential, commercial and civil engineering projects undertaken in Queensland where the total cost of work is $80,000 (GST inclusive) or more. The levy ensures the industry makes a contribution to training, developing and attracting the skilled workforce needed to carry out building and construction work in Queensland. The training levy is collected from industry by QLeave (link http://www.qleave.qld.gov.au/) and administered by CSQ (CSQ is the trading name for the Building and Construction Industry Training Fund Qld (BCTIF)).

Purpose of CSQ and Its Funding

Funding and training

Offices CEFC is headquartered in Brisbane.[12] In the 2013 Australian federal budget the organisation had a forecast budget of $19.5 m.[13] The chief executive officer is Brett Schimming.[13] Schimming was a former xx and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.[14]