A day after demanding a national workforce plan for Australia’s increasing defence spend, South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has secured a joint state and Commonwealth defence industry taskforce to...
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The federal government has committed to opening 6,800 extra permanent migration places for workers in the tech sector among a spate of other announcements made on the final day...
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South Australia Premier Peter Malinauskas has called on federal counterparts to help develop a national plan for the workforce needed to support the AUKUS submarine program, describing the $116...
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Representatives at the jobs and skills summit from tech companies based in regional Australia have called for greater investment in regional communities to support the workforce required. Tasmania-based seaweed...
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Grattan Institute chief executive Danielle Wood has opened the Jobs and Skills Summit by urging attendees to recognise the importance of boosting innovation to support full employment, among other...
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In the middle of the skills debate, skills summit and some undeniable skills shortages in Australia, it is critical to not just think this is a numbers game, such...
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As the Jobs and Skills summit kicks off, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has urged attendees to focus on boosting Australia’s productivity, saying it “flows from investing in our people and...
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As final preparations are made for the Jobs and Skills Summit this week in Canberra, it is worth thinking about what it will really take to transform Australia’s economy...
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Leaders of Australian tech giants Atlassian and SafetyCulture have nabbed two of the coveted invites to this week’s national Jobs and Skills Summit, while the Tech Council of Australia...
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The jobs and skills summit faces some interesting challenges, not least being the apparent low unemployment rate against a backdrop of policy initiatives designed to create jobs. There is...
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The last section of the Jobs+Skills Summit Issues Paper argues, quite correctly, that maximising the opportunities from new, growing and strategically important industries will be critical to boosting productivity,...
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The Technology Council of Australia and the Australian Council of Trade Unions have joined forces to champion key training and skilled migration reforms for the tech sector ahead of...
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Representatives from 15 heavy industry organisations will meet on Tuesday morning at a roundtable hosted by Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Trade Tim Ayres as part of the Jobs...
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Twenty-eight industry leaders representing a cross section of small business, multinationals, startups and business groups took part in Industry Minister Ed Husic’s Digital and Tech Skills Roundtable held in...