Apprentices who work in the residential housing sector will receive $10,000 bonuses under a $626 million push by the Albanese government to achieve its ambitious goal of building 1.2 million dwellings within five years.

The pitch, to be outlined by Anthony Albanese on Friday as part of a scene-setting speech at the National Press Club, will take the value of promises announced by the prime minister this month to more than $15 billion as he seeks to build momentum for the federal election.