The Guardian • skills
Issue #2020
ACTU pushes for radical reforms ahead of jobs summit
The federal government is holding a Jobs and Skills Summit in early September this year to address the “shared economic challenges” faced by Australians. The...
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Issue #2028
Coal industry workers in Australia are taking their destiny into their own hands
The coal industry is to Australia what the Second Amendment of the US Constitution (granting citizens the right to bear arms) is to the United...
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Issue #2028
A big short: Australia’s manufactured skills shortage
The National Skills Commission has revealed in its 2022 Skills Priority List Key Finding Report, that 286 occupations were dealing with shortages at a national...
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Issue #2158
Alliance to dismantle oil-gas rigs
A new analysis by an alliance of unions and leading environmental organisations has recommended a nation-first ‘decommissioning hub’ be built in Western Australia to manage...
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Issue #2158
Employers ‘off the hook’
Australian Unions are urging the Albanese government to reject key elements of the Productivity Commission’s newly released interim report ‘Building a Skilled and Adaptable Workforce,’...
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Issue #2051
Skilled Immigration: Must do better
The idea of skilled migration is deceptively simple. A lot of people in other countries want to live in Australia. We have to sort them...
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