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Skills agreement to increase Territory’s training capacity

A new skills deal made with the Federal Government will provide immediate support for 1500 Fee-Free TAFE places for the NT in 2023, to develop the Territory’s Workforce.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 16 December 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • The Hon Paul Kirby MLA

New ABS Labour Force figures

The number of Australians in jobs remains at record highs and more of them are in secure full-time work – but there’s still more to do.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 15 December 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

Fee-Free TAFE and VET places for Victorians in 2023

The Australian and Victorian Governments are taking immediate action to address the current skills shortage to deliver more Fee-Free TAFE and vocational education places for Victorians.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 14 December 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • The Hon Gayle Tierney MLC

$402 million Jobs and Skills Councils to strengthen our skills sector

The Australian Government is committed to ensuring the skills sector can better serve Australian workers, businesses and the wider economy.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 13 December 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

More Fee-Free TAFE and VET places for Queenslanders in 2023

The Australian and Queensland Governments will take immediate action to deliver more Fee-Free TAFE and vocational education places for Queenslanders in 2023.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 12 December 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • The Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk
  • The Hon Di Farmer MP

$23 million skills agreement boost for Tasmanian economy

A new deal will help address Tasmania’s skills shortages and deliver more Fee-Free TAFE and vocational education places for Tasmanians.  

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 8 December 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • The Hon Felix Ellis MP

Representing Australia in Singapore

Australia affirmed its commitment to lifting labour standards and creating decent and secure jobs in the Asia-Pacific at an international labour meeting in Singapore, as Skills and Training Minister…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 7 December 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Professor Peter Dawkins AO to lead Jobs and Skills Australia

Peter Dawkins AO, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Victoria University, has been appointed as the Interim Director of Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA). 

Release type: Media Release

Date: 5 December 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Australian and NSW Governments sign landmark skills agreement for 120,000 fee-free TAFE and VET places

The Australian and NSW Governments have signed a landmark 12-month Skills Agreement to address the current skills shortage and deliver Fee Free TAFE and more vocational education places for the…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 5 December 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • The Hon Alister Henskens SC MP

ACT signs up to deliver Fee-Free TAFE

From 2023, Canberra students will be able to access fee-free courses at the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) as the Australian and ACT Governments signed a landmark 12-month Skills Agreement…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 4 December 2022

Ministers:

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

Delivering secure jobs and better pay

The Albanese Labor Government has delivered on the next step of its plan to lift wages, improve job security and start closing the gender pay gap.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 2 December 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Anthony Albanese MP
  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

International treaty to end workplace violence and harassment

The Albanese Labor Government is moving to ratify a major international treaty seeking to end violence and harassment in workplaces.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 29 November 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

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