Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today announced 16 million dollars worth of investment for Gipps TAFE in Victoria as part of the Governments 1 billion dollar TAFE modernisation. The investment is said to help fund linesman training for the National Broadband Network (NBN).

In the Prime Ministers new hip way of announcing things, today through micro-blogging service Twitter, the Prime Minister announced funding for NBN linesman training.

Julia & I just announced $16m investment for Gipps TAFE @ Chadstone. Part of nearly $1b TAFE modernisation investment across the country.

Gipps TAFE helps train linesman to help roll out the national broadband network which will take 25,000 jobs for 7 years. Massive!