The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

  • Minister for Skills and Training

The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP was sworn in as Minister for Skills and Training on 1 June 2022.

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Speech to the AI Group Industry Meets Canberra

Subjects: Jobs and Skills Australia, skill shortages, Powering Australia Plan, apprenticeship completion rates.

Release type: Speech

Date: 21 November 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Press conference, Adelaide

E&OE TRANSCRIPT

Release type: Transcript

Date: 19 November 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • The Hon Blair Boyer MP
  • Louise Miller-Frost MP

Celebrating the nation’s best at the 2022 Australian Training Awards

Sixteen of Australia’s best apprentices, students, training providers, teachers and businesses have been recognised for their hard work and dedication at this year’s Australian Training Awards,…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 19 November 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Communique - Meeting of State and Territory Skills Ministers

Federal and State and Territory Skills and Training Ministers met today, acknowledging the Victorian Government is currently in caretaker, to progress a range of key vocational education and…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 18 November 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • The Hon Sue Ellery MLC
  • The Hon Di Farmer MP
  • The Hon Alister Henskens SC MP
  • The Hon Blair Boyer MP
  • The Hon Felix Ellis MP
  • The Hon Chris Steel MLA

Australian and SA Governments sign landmark skills agreement

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

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 18 November 2022

Ministers:

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

Jobs and Skills Australia begins its work

Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) has today been formally established, after legislation passed through Parliament and received Royal Assent.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 16 November 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Putting students first - extension of redress and waiver of indexation

The Albanese Government will extend the VET FEE-HELP Student Redress scheme for 12 months, and intends to waive all indexation applied to historical vocational education student loans affected by the…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 9 November 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Interview - the Today Show with Jayne Azzopardi

Subjects: Aged care pay rise; interest rate rises. 

Release type: Transcript

Date: 6 November 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Interview - ABC Darwin Mornings

Subjects: Skills shortages in the NT, Skills agreement, Middle Arm Precinct.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 31 October 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP

Press Conference - Darwin

SUBJECTS: Skills shortages in the NT, Skills agreement, Darwin Job & Skills Forum; Skilled migration; Domestic Violence; Long Covid Clinic. E&OE TRANSCRIPT  

Release type: Transcript

Date: 30 October 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • Natasha Fyles
  • Luke Gosling OAM, MLA

Northern Territory Skills Agreement

Minister for Skills and Training, Brendan O’Connor, Northern Territory Chief Minister, Natasha Fyles, and the Member for Solomon Luke Gosling, met in Darwin today to progress the National Skills…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 30 October 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • Natasha Fyles
  • Luke Gosling OAM, MLA

Tennant Creek Jobs and Skills Forum

The Albanese Labor Government is committed to delivering skills to the Northern Territory to provide the workers that businesses need, and give local people opportunities for secure employment, while…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 28 October 2022

Ministers:

  • The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
  • Marion Scrymgour MP