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

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

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

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