Australian workforce futures: a national workforce development strategy

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08 March 2010This report recommends a fundamental overhaul in the way the nation approaches and supports workforce development at a national, industry and enterprise level.

Australia risks missing out on the full benefits of future global economic growth and the dividends from its investment in education unless it commits to a significant increase in the workforce participation level over the next 15 years, and takes urgent and immediate action to raise adult core skills including language, literacy and numeracy levels.

Publication typeReport
Publisher TypeGovernment or Gov agency
CoverageAustralia
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/20636
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