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Over 26,000 New Energy Apprenticeships for Australia's growing clean energy industries

Australia’s clean energy industries are benefitting from a skilled workforce boost, with Australians showing strong interest in the Albanese Labor Government’s $10,000 incentives for new…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 19 July 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP
  • The Hon Kate Thwaites MP

Homes of the future delivered through TAFE

Labor is backing TAFE to train workers needed to build homes faster and cheaper.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 16 July 2026

Ministers:

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

Annual Wage Review pay rise helping millions of Australians

Close to $250 million in pay rises has now hit the pay packets of 2.7 million Australian workers earning award-reliant and minimum wages.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 16 July 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Investment delivers state-of-the-art technology for TAFE students in Dandenong

TAFE students in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs are benefiting from cutting-edge manufacturing equipment and facilities closer to home, thanks to upgrades at Chisholm Institute’s Dandenong…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 14 July 2026

Ministers:

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

Over 800,000 Free TAFE enrolments delivering the skills Australians want, for the jobs we need

The Albanese Labor Government is strengthening skills and training for Australians – with Free TAFE enrolments surging past 800,000. 

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 13 July 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Anthony Albanese MP
  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

32,000 new apprentice tradies get their start building more homes, backed by $10K incentives

More than 32,000 apprentices have been backed by the Albanese Government’s Key Apprenticeship Program, as the housing construction stream of the Program marks its first full year.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 12 July 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

First Remote Training Hub in Central Australia delivering skills training On-Country

The Remote Training Hub in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte) has opened its doors to students, the first of seven Hubs being established by the Albanese Labor Government across Central Australia.…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 9 July 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP
  • Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy
  • Marion Scrymgour MP

$24.8 million investment to build the NSW clean energy workforce

The Albanese and Minns Labor Governments are investing almost $25 million to expand clean energy training facilities and grow the vocational education and training workforce needed to support New…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 9 July 2026

Ministers:

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

Australia’s labour market remains resilient amid the rise of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is not causing broad disruption to Australia’s labour market, a first of its kind report reveals. 

Release type: Media Release

Date: 8 July 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

New VET Educator Academy to boost TAFE teacher workforce

Victoria will be home to a new TAFE teacher academy dedicated to upskilling and attracting teachers to strengthen the state’s TAFE workforce – and with it tackling one of the biggest barriers to…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 7 July 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Managing a sustainable international education sector

The Albanese Government has confirmed there will be no increase to the National Planning Level (NPL) for international student commencements in 2027, providing stability and certainty for the…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 3 July 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Jason Clare MP
  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP
  • The Hon Julian Hill MP

New laws to help coal workers access long service leave

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering long-overdue reforms to help more coal industry workers access the long service leave they’ve earned.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 2 July 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

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