This analysis of the workforce implications of the electricity scenarios laid out in the Australian Energy Market Operator’s Integrated System Plan (ISP) shows very rapid scale-up is required. The report empowers governments, the electricity sector and education providers to develop informed and responsive policies, plans and programs.

This blueprint underscores the need for a comprehensive recalibration of policies to place students at the heart of skills funding decisions. By empowering students with greater choice, Australia’s skills training system can meet the needs of a dynamic, evolving economy.

This publication presents the most up-to-date contract and individual completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees, finding that overall completion rates decreased in 2023. The authors find the most common reasons apprentices and trainees left training in 2022 included dissatisfaction with pay or working conditions.

This report draws on months of research and on-the-ground engagement with regional, rural and remote communities to highlight significant gaps in early childhood education and care services and their widespread effects on children, families, and communities.

This report outlines the barriers to building and retaining a skilled electrical workforce, and charts a comprehensive roadmap to develop the workforce that will light the way to a clean energy future.