This snapshot describes Australia’s agricultural workforce, providing key information and statistics in one place, using data from the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Census of Population and Housing.

The National Skills Agreement (the Agreement) is a 5-year joint agreement between the Commonwealth, states and territories to strengthen the vocational education and training sector, and will commence 1 January 2024.

For the health workforce, internationally qualified health practitioners (IQHPs) have, for many years, played an important role in supplementing the domestic workforce, especially in areas of shortage. However, the Review has found that the end-to-end journey for IQHPs is long, complex and costly. Australia is often no longer the country of choice for IQHPs due...

Public services depend on happy, stable workforces to keep the public safe, healthy and well educated. But public sector workforces face problems - from loss of experienced staff to high turnover and vacancies. This report outlines the recent workforce trends and the impact of poor retention on public service performance.

This report outlines the causes and flow-on effects of the worker shortage facing Australia’s aged-care sector, in particular low wages, a lack of affordable housing and the impact on the healthcare system.