Australia’s care industry is the country’s largest employer and one of its fastest growing sectors. This report provides an overview of the industry’s size, structure and performance. It is designed to help businesses, policymakers and stakeholders understand how the sector is evolving, the economic and workforce pressures it faces, and implications for investment, productivity and...

The research paper is a focused extension of the VET workforce study. It brings together insights into accredited training from First Nations voices, national datasets and stakeholders to strengthen understanding of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce within vocational education and training (VET) and what’s needed to support its growth.

This fact sheet provides insights and statistical data on the primary health workforce in Gippsland, Victoria. It provides an overview of nursing, allied health and medical health practitioners in comparison to Victoria. In Gippsland, the health care and social assistance sector is the largest industry of employment, accounting for 20% of the total workforce in...

The report presents state and territory performance results for public hospital capacity, emergency department waiting times and planned surgery waiting times; as well as public hospital expenditure. The report shows Australia’s public hospitals are continuing to struggle under sustained pressure. Overall performance remains significantly worse than it was ten years ago.

This report provides evidence of a broken link between skills proficiency and skills use, revealing that many highly skilled workers have limited opportunities to deploy their talents. It demonstrates why effective skills use matters for both economic performance and worker wellbeing. It calls for policy changes to bridge the gap between skills proficiency and skills...