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Australia India Education and Skills Council meeting and release of Australia-India education strategy

This week’s meeting of the first Australia India Education and Skills Council is an important next step in strengthening Australia’s education and skills partnership with India.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 8 November 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Jason Clare MP
  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

More Fee-Free TAFE places for Canberra from 2024

The Albanese Government and Barr Government will partner up in a new agreement to deliver 3,600 more Fee-Free TAFE places at CIT over th

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 6 November 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • Chris Steel MLA

Laying the foundations for all Australians

A new report underlines the importance of the Albanese Government’s foundation skills reforms, finding that 90 percent of respondents had unmet needs for adult literacy training, presenting major…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 2 November 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Release of Safe Work Australia report into silicosis

The Albanese Labor Government has today agreed with all jurisdictions to release the Safe Work Australia report into silicosis.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 27 October 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

2023 Australian Training Awards Finalists announced

Australia’s best and brightest in vocational education and training (VET) have been recognised with the announcement of 75 finalists for the 2023 Australian Training Awards.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 18 October 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Landmark National Skills Agreement to unlock billions

Last night's National Cabinet agreed to unlock billions of dollars to build Australian skills and prosperity.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 17 October 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • The Hon Anthony Albanese MP

New Safe Work Australia Chief Executive Officer

Ms Marie Boland has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Safe Work Australia.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 13 October 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

First evaluation partnership for the Australian Centre for Evaluation

I can announce today that the ACE has entered into its first partnership agreement to support high-quality impact evaluations. This partnership will be with the Department of Employment and Workplace…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 11 October 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP

Top jobs in demand have VET pathways

Nursing has topped the list of workers in demand as the Albanese Government’s Fee-Free TAFE program continues to give hundreds of thousands of Australians the opportunity to obtain skills that…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 8 October 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Professor Peter Dawkins AO farewelled from Jobs and Skills Australia

The Albanese Government thanks Professor Peter Dawkins AO, Acting Commissioner of Jobs and Skills Australia, whose tenure ends this week. 

Release type: Media Release

Date: 6 October 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Stamping out dodgy VET providers

The Albanese Government is improving the integrity of Australia’s Vocational Education and Training sector to combat operators attempting to rort the system and to better protect vulnerable…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 3 October 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • The Hon Jason Clare MP
  • The Hon Clare O'Neil MP

Australian and South Australian Governments announce more Fee-Free TAFE from 2024

The Albanese and Malinauskas Governments will deliver thousands of additional Fee-Free TAFE and VET places for South Australians from January next year, with the partnership continuing to work…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 26 September 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • The Hon Blair Boyer MP

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