Launch of Big Sister: Advanced Mentoring WA Project

College of electrical training, Joondalup WA

Release type: Speech

Date: 22 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Patrick Gorman MP

More homegrown apprentices for more West Australian Homes

West Australians are among those benefitting from the Albanese Labor Government’s Key Apprenticeship Program (KAP), which is delivering more housing construction apprentices for communities across…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 22 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP
  • Tom French MP

$1.3 million investment to boost skills training at TAFE NSW Cessnock

TAFE NSW Cessnock will benefit from a $1.3 million joint investment by the Albanese and Minns Labor Governments to upgrade training facilities and support growing workforce demand across…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 22 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP
  • The Hon Yasmin Catley MP
  • The Hon Steve Whan MP

Television interview with Tom Connell - Sky News Afternoon Agenda

Key Apprenticeship Program, Free TAFE, housing construction

Release type: Transcript

Date: 20 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Fair Work Commission order delivers fuel price relief for truck drivers

Truck drivers and road transport businesses will get relief from sharp fuel price increases, with the Fair Work Commission today making its first road transport contractual chain order following…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 20 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

New scholarships to boost vital skills

Labor is backing Victorians to improve their language, literacy and numeracy and digital skills.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 20 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP
  • The Hon Colin Brooks MP

Television interview with Tom Connell - Sky News Afternoon Agenda

Upcoming Federal Budget; tax reform; intergenerational inequality; fuel excise; Petroleum Resource Rent Tax; draught beer; NDIS reform.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 20 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Patrick Gorman MP

Backing more young Victorians through Raising Expectations program

The Albanese and Allan Labor Governments are expanding the Raising Expectations program to help young people in out-of-home care and those who are care leavers pursue post-secondary education.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 20 April 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP
  • The Hon Colin Brooks MP

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

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