Press Conference, Adelaide

March Labour Force Data

Release type: Transcript

Date: 16 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Press Conference, Melbourne

SUBJECTS: Real Skills Deserves Real Recognition; Integrity in the VET sector; Skills shortages; Fuel; Skilled migration; Digital and AI skills.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 16 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Australia’s unemployment rate remains low

 Australia’s labour market continued to display resilience in March, despite ongoing global challenges like the conflict in the Middle East. 

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 16 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
  • The Hon Jim Chalmers MP

Real Skills Deserve Real Recognition promotion latest in crackdown on dodgy training providers

The Albanese Labor Government is doubling down on dodgy training providers, agents and brokers who lure prospective students into fraudulent training scams.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 16 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Radio interview - ABC Radio Sydney Drive

SUBJECTS: TAFE Centre of Excellence at Meadowbank TAFE; Digital and AI skills; Tertiary education; Careers pathways; Universities Accord; Migration; Skills demand; National TAFE Network.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 14 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Press Conference - Sydney

SUBJECTS: TAFE Centre of Excellence at TAFE Meadowbank; Digital and AI skills.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 14 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Digital skills boost through Meadowbank TAFE Centre of Excellence

More than 50,000 Australians each year will gain the benefits of industry-led digital training with a new TAFE Centre of Excellence opening at the Institute of Applied Technology – Digital at…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 14 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP
  • Jerome Laxale MP
  • The Hon Steve Whan MP

Male Allies back women’s careers in construction

Construction workers are stepping up to lift women’s participation in the industry by showing their support through the Male Allies Challenge.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 14 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Television interview - Patricia Karvelas, ABC Afternoon Briefing

Subjects: The war in the Middle East; Fuel Supply; 'Every Little Bit Helps' Information Campaigns; One Nation Campaign Manager Sean Black

Release type: Transcript

Date: 13 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Patrick Gorman MP

Podcast interview - IPAA Work with Purpose podcast

Subjects: Public Service Reform; Trust in Australian Public Services; Artificial Intelligence and responsible use of data; cultural and linguistic diversity in the APS; State of the Service Report…

Release type: Transcript

Date: 13 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Patrick Gorman MP

Fairer Fuel Determination

Today I made a determination that will allow the Fair Work Commission to expedite its consideration of the Transport Workers’ Union and the Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation’s…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 10 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Radio interview - ABC Regional Drive South Australia and Broken Hill

SUBJECTS: Reading Writing Hotline; Foundation skills; Key Apprenticeship Program; Free TAFE.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 9 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

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