The survey data in this report provides an update on the employment of older workers against time series data from 2014, 2018 and 2021. This year, the survey highlights trends around elevated employee shortages, a sharp fall in the increase in employment levels of older workers over the past year and evidence of ageist employment...

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is considered the most effective and evidence-based model of employment support for people living with mental ill-health. This framework aims to increase and retain IPS workforce availability, capacity, and capability to deliver IPS programs in headspace, ultimately improving vocational recovery outcomes for young people experiencing mental ill-health.

Community services, including disability, family violence and homelessness organisations, are at breaking point and facing a staffing crisis due to years of inadequate government funding, this research shows.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) workforce has an average annual turnover rate of 17-25%, which is notably high compared to other similar sectors and across the workforce as a whole. BETA partnered with the Department of Social Services to investigate why turnover in the NDIS workforce is high and to design interventions to increase...

This report gives the Australian cyber security sector a clearer picture of women’s representation and an understanding of the factors that enable and impede their career participation and advancement. Its recommendations for action point towards the importance of de-biasing work cultures and adopting evidence-based approaches to enhance inclusivity and diversity in the sector’s broad systems...