"Our technical school is not like a national university, it is just a technical training school with a relatively small footprint. At present, our technical school has more than 1,000 students, and the main training direction is senior steelworkers, senior railway workers, medical assistants and basic education teachers. The training time of these people ranges from one to three years, and after completing the training, they can grow into excellent industry elites. Education Minister Richard introduced with a smile.

The establishment of technical schools is to train skilled talents with certain abilities for all walks of life in Australia, which is why technical schools only have three majors for the time being: workers, doctors and teachers.

At present, there is still a shortage of skilled talents in education, health care and industry, especially those with certain capabilities.

Although factories and schools and hospitals also have corresponding training programs, these people who have been hired with simple training are only able to take up their posts at the initial level, and they are still a long way from being able to become mainstays.

"Good. Technical schools can be scaled up, and the number of trainees can be increased to thousands or even tens of thousands. At the same time, the quota can also be distributed to factories, hospitals and schools, allowing them to spend a certain amount of money to send employees to come for training. Arthur nodded and said.

Unlike the Australian National University, technical schools are very careful in the training of college students, so the number of students enrolled should not be too large.

Even the current Australian National University has a fixed annual enrollment of about 600 students.

Technical schools are different. The purpose of technical schools is simply to produce competent people for all walks of life in Australia, both at a speed and with much faster efficiency than universities.

Of course, the talents cultivated by technical schools are not as good as college students in terms of comprehensive ability, and they only have certain advantages and abilities in a certain industry.

But this is exactly what Australia needs at the moment, and if you have good ability in one area, you can become a talent that Australia is currently lacking.

After the Ministry of Education's debriefing, the next step was the debriefing on the Ministry of Finance.

As with the rapid growth of industry and other industries, Australia's economy grew well in 1902.

In 1901 the total Australian revenue was about £4.3 million, a figure that increased considerably in 1902 to £7.3 million.

This is because with the recovery of the Australian economy, many self-employed households, small farmers and factory owners have gradually emerged.

These small businesses and factories are not large, but there are already thousands of them throughout Australia.

The income generated every year is also very good, and coupled with the increase in per capita income brought about by various constructions, it is not surprising that the economy has grown so rapidly.

However, Australia's total fiscal spending is still frighteningly high. By the end of 1902, Australia's total fiscal expenditure for the whole year was about £14.3 million, an increase of more than £1 million over the previous year.

The fiscal deficit amounted to £7 million, almost the total revenue of Australia for an entire year.

But it's also because of the major construction projects that Australia has undertaken. Without these expensive constructions, Australia's finances would have turned into a surplus, even as high as two or three million pounds.

Although it costs tens of millions of pounds a year, the Australian Treasury still has more than 140 million pounds of available funds, enough to sustain Australia's current development plans for decades.

By the end of 1902, Australia's per capita annual income had reached £12, and the per capita income of such an important development area as the industrial estate had reached £15.

Compared with the time when the Principality of Australia was just established, the per capita income of Australians has ushered in a considerable increase, and they finally have a little spare money on hand.

It is not only the construction of industrial zones that has led to an increase in per capita income, but also the cultivation of agriculture.

When there were no indigenous people, land development in Australia was very slow, and most of the land allocated to the settlers was uncultivated wasteland, and there was very little arable land that could actually be cultivated.

As a result, many immigrants, although nominally owning large amounts of land, are in fact unable to make a living from cultivation and have to find other jobs to make ends meet.

To a certain extent, this has also limited the development of agriculture in Australia, and if it were not for the very developed animal husbandry, Australia might not even be able to provide itself with food.

According to the Department of Agriculture, in 1902 the available arable land in Australia increased by almost forty per cent.

In 1902, nearly four million tons of grain were produced, which was enough to meet the annual food needs of almost 13 million people.

But Australia's population is just over four million, which means Australia has a lot of food to export.

Not only is the area of arable land growing, but the livestock area of Australia is also growing rapidly.

As a major livestock country, Australia had hundreds of millions of sheep in 1901, and now this number has increased by more than 10%.

With such a large number of livestock, Australia's livestock industry is very developed. Every year, wool, goat's milk, milk, meat products and many more are produced.

Only a small part of these livestock products are digested by Australia itself, and more are exported to surrounding countries and even European countries.

Among them, the British Empire imported a relatively large proportion of livestock products. Australia is currently the most reliable supplier of meat and livestock products to the British Empire, a position previously held by New Zealand.

Because of the development of animal husbandry, meat products in Australia are very cheap, and even ordinary workers and civilians can basically eat meat every few days.

Needless to say, college students and other technical talents who are highly valued by Arthur are even indispensable for every meal, and college students also have a glass of milk every day.

The growth of agriculture is certainly gratifying, and the results of transportation construction are also very encouraging.

After the opening of the eastern section of the Industrial Railway in February 1902, Australia's economy and inter-state exchanges became more rapid and efficient because of the railway.

Although the scope of industrial rail operation is still very small, only the industrial areas of Western Australia and South Australia, and the railway between the capital city of Sydney and Melbourne have been connected and successfully opened to traffic.

But the completion of the railway has become a vital force for Australia's economic development, and the economic and cultural exchanges between the Australian states have become even closer.

The third is to ask for support! The final chapter on the development of the present

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