Skilled workforce
Alternative labels
Skilled labour
21st Century work skills
Report
Theorising family and domestic violence work: what is the work and who does it?
This report describes research exploring the domestic and family violence workforce in Australia and the work that it undertakes. It focuses specifically on how the work is done and experienced, why it is done in particular ways, and the structural and organisational contexts that shape this work; with the aim of informing workforce development strategies.
Survey Report
Small business skills and training needs survey
Results of an Australian small business survey conducted to identify their key skills gaps and training requirements. The report highlights the need for a unique and flexible approach to ensuring small businesses can meet their training and skill development needs. The results will be used to advocate to government in relation to current, proposed and...
Strategy
APS data, digital and cyber workforce plan 2025-30
This plan sets out a coordinated approach for the Australian Public Service to attract, develop and retain people with skills in the rapidly growing data, digital and cyber areas. It outlines workforce challenges, a coordinated approach to tackling these challenges using the benefits of scale and collaboration and identifies four key action areas.
Report
Opportunity and productivity: towards a tertiary harmonisation roadmap
This report seeks to articulate the benefits of a more harmonised tertiary sector and provides recommendations on how to create a sustainable pathway forward in collaboration with key stakeholders. Harmonisation involves the effective coordination and cooperation of key system actors, to enable learners to obtain the combination of knowledge, skills and their application needed to...
Briefing paper
A future made in Whyalla
South Australia’s Whyalla Steelworks has faced major challenges in recent months. This paper outlines the unique importance of the Whyalla Steelworks, and explains why a significant intervention by policymakers is likely the best choice ahead to ensure the operation is sustained and Australia’s sovereign manufacturing capacity is preserved.