Youth jobless rate at 12 pc as vocation training system fails to keep up

A national snapshot by the Brotherhood of St Laurence says vocational and education training is failing to keep up with future demand in fast-growing industries. 

Executive director Conny Lenneberg says opportunities in aged care and health are growing at a faster pace than the current system provides. 

With 12 percent youth unemployment nationally, Ms Lenneberg says 265,000 young Australians are in the jobless queue. 

Here's my report from this morning's AM program