Posts tagged "skills shortages"

The federal government has set aside $402 million to fund Jobs and Skills Councils over four years to deal with skill shortages.

In news that won’t come as a huge surprise, the vast majority of the 3 million unemployed and underemployed people in Australia come from marginalised diversity groups.

Amid Australia's historic labour and skills shortage, the difficulty associated with recruiting hospitality staff is now affecting the operations of Ryan's award-winning restaurant.

The government’s upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit represents a genuine opportunity for us to create historic reforms that benefit small businesses and the entire economy. However, time is not on our side.

Halving the workforce participation gap between men and women would unlock 500,000 full-time skilled workers with post-school qualifications, new economic analysis has found.

According to a Grattan Institute report, there is no particular reason to think that temporary or even “medium term” skill shortages are the best criteria for selecting permanent migrants who will live and work in Australia for decades to come.

Major spending on skills and hefty asset write-offs and loss carry-back schemes are key wins for SME owners in the 2021 federal budget.

The federal budget is built on some far-reaching assumptions about when international travel will resume and the vaccine rollout will be completed.

Temporary labour migration in Australia is a highly vexed issue. On the one hand those advocating a rethink of the 457 visa are accused of …

Small businesses have a strong year ahead of them with predictions of higher profitability and performance, but are also prepared to hand ou…

While economists have praised yesterday’s drop in unemployment to 5.1%, various industry representatives are bracing for the worst as skil…

The Federal Government has set aside more than $660 million over the next four years for investment in skills and job creation, including 39…