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Min­is­ter of De­fence Wayne Sturge says the Civil­ian Con­ser­va­tion Corps (CCC) pro­gramme has not been shut down.

He yes­ter­day as­sured young peo­ple that the Gov­ern­ment recog­nis­es the val­ue of the ini­tia­tive and that they have “noth­ing to wor­ry about.”

His clar­i­fi­ca­tion came af­ter re­ports cir­cu­lat­ed that 72 of the pro­gramme’s 114 em­ploy­ees will have their con­tracts end­ed on Ju­ly 31.