Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says 1 million jobs have been created over the past five and a half years. But Opposition Leader Tony Abbott Opposition claims unemployment is marching towards 800,000. Can they both be right?

Completion rates are increasing for trainees but not for trade apprentices, according to data released today by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees 2012. Individual completion rates increased from 55.4% for trainees who started in 2007 to 57.1% for those who started in 2008. By...

Higher education is historically rooted in a model of learning based in the Humanities in which literate, critical, and communication skills are a recognised public good. These skills and the public values they serve – such as the capacity for making informed choices, for evaluating evidence and argument, for creative thought and problem-solving –are widely...

The Australian Government has asked the Commission to assess geographic labour mobility within Australia and its role in a well-functioning labour market (attachment A). Matters on which the Commission has been asked to report include: • patterns of geographic labour mobility in Australia, the implications of structural, demographic and technological developments and key determinants of...

This project aims to provide a multi-level analysis of the wellbeing outcomes of low-income renters living in socially diverse locations, to help inform area-based policies on social mix and affordability. Key findings