A new government subsidy will pay employers up to $16,000 for each new apprentice they train from August. The $390 million Apprenticeship Boost would pay businesses $1000-a-month for each apprentice in their first year of training, and $500-a-month for apprentices in their second year. The scheme would run for 20 months from August this year until April 2020, and about 18,000 employers would be eligible to apply.