An examination of the connection between skills development and productivity growth in Australia, this paper calls for a capability development agenda to address lagging productivity. It proposes a significant shift in education and training policy to better align skills development with current and anticipated industry needs.

This report looks at survey data on the influence of market conditions, workforce constraints, and regulatory gaps on technology uptake and investment. It finds that Australian businesses view new technologies as vital to increasing productivity but are hindered by regulatory and capability gaps and calls for greater clarity in regulation and policy support to close...

Surveying a cross section of Australian businesses every two years to learn more about skills and workforce challenges across the economy, this report finds the impacts of low levels of literacy and numeracy result in time wasted, poor completion of work documents and reports, teamwork and communications problems, and staff lacking confidence and willingness to...

Ai Group’s Centre for Education and Training surveys a cross section of Australian businesses every two years to learn more about skills and workforce challenges across the economy. In 2024, the skills that technicians and trades workers bring are in high demand, and increasingly hard to find.

Ai Group’s Centre for Education and Training surveys a cross section of Australian businesses every two years to learn more about skills and workforce challenges across the economy. The survey asked businesses about their skills needs in relation to the transition to the clean economy for the first time in 2022. This year, the same...