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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Press conference Melbourne - Victorian Skills Agreement
Victorian Skills Agreement
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.
$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.
Address – CEDA
Subjects: skills and training, skilled migration, Jobs and Skills Australia
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.
$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.
Address to the Plenary of the 17th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organisation (Singapore)
On behalf of the Australian Government, I am honoured to address the 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization.
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…
Media conference - NSW Skills Agreement
Subjects: NSW Skills Agreement; energy, TAFE, care sector, preschool education
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).
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…
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…