This paper provides an update on the recent trends in the recruitment difficulty rate and examines whether employers are finding recruitment more or less difficult than in the past. It finds recruitment difficulty continues to ease after peaking in late 2022.

This research examines housing trends and the processes of delivering affordable housing supply in rural and regional Australia. A clear research finding is the need for government action to ‘unfreeze’ rural and regional housing markets, making substantial investments and interventions in regional housing markets and developing stronger supply chains for rural and regional housing.

Australia’s artificial intelligence (AI) workforce has grown remarkably in recent years, from around 800 workers in 2014 to over 33,000 in 2023. This report investigates whether this growth trajectory can continue to meet the high demand expected by 2030.

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.

This working paper summarises some of the key issues and trends with regards to 'offshoring' and 'reshoring'. It then sets out a research agenda which would result in a better understanding the future of offshoring and reshoring and their impact on domestic labour markets, which would help policy-makers in OECD countries plan for the changes...