The Hon Andrew Giles MP
- Minister for Skills and Training
The Hon Andrew Giles MP was sworn in as Minister for Skills and Training on 29 July 2024.
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Delivering a new Defence TAFE Centre of Excellence
The Albanese and Cook Labor Governments are building Western Australia’s future, partnering to deliver state-of-the-art training facilities to give Australians the skills needed to build and…
Interview with Sally Sara – ABC RN Breakfast
SUBJECTS: Skilled migration system; role of Free TAFE in solving skills shortages, costings for Free TAFE legislation.
Interview with Prue Bentley - ABC Victoria Statewide Drive
Subjects: $10,000 boost for new trade apprentices, increase to the Living Away from Home Allowance, vandalism of busts in Ballarat Botanical Gardens.
Interview with Ali Moore - ABC Radio Melbourne Drive
Subjects: $10,000 payments for trades apprentices, increase to the Living Away From Home Allowance, boosting housing and construction workforce, skilled migration.
Building Australia's future by investing in our apprentices
The Albanese Labor Government is building the workforce Australia needs for the future by backing apprentices to complete their trade in the residential housing sector.
Doorstop interview - Melbourne
SUBJECTS: Workplace safety for apprentices, importance of safe apprenticeships, instances of abuse against apprentices.
More than 110,000 Australians have skilled up and saved big thanks to free TAFE
New data reveals more than 110,000 Free TAFE courses have been completed, as the Albanese Government’s Free TAFE policy continues to deliver cost-of-living relief while enabling Australians to…
More than 100,000 Free TAFE enrolments in Queensland
Free TAFE continues to deliver cost-of-living relief and valuable skills to Queenslanders, as the latest data shows more than 109,000 enrolments across the sunshine state between January 2023 and…
Free TAFE removing cost barriers for priority skills courses
Australians looking to upskill in priority areas will have access to more cost-of-living support in 2025, as the Albanese Government’s Free TAFE program expands to more courses.
Press Conference - Essendon Fields, Melbourne
The new Centre of Excellence in Victoria, encouraging innovation in housing construction, TAFE training programs for upskilling.
Next generation of housing workforce to be trained at new TAFE Centre of Excellence
The Albanese and Allan Labor Governments are investing a combined $50 million to establish the Melbourne Polytechnic Future of Housing Construction Centre of Excellence – the first dedicated…
Training boost for Tasmania under TAFE Technology Fund
The Albanese Labor Government has delivered on its election commitment to upgrade automotive equipment at TasTAFE with the completion of a $1 million TAFE Technology Fund project.