Skills shortage
Teacher shortages could undermine plan for extra year of education
The NSW government’s universal pre-kindergarten reforms were met with praise from the early childhood sector, but experts warned more educators were needed.
- by Daniella White
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Skills
Jobs summit, white paper ‘pivotal’ opportunity to address national skills gap: O’Connor
Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor says driving economic productivity is “not just about hard hats”, it’s about investing in all sectors of the labour market suffering skill shortages.
- by Angus Thompson
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Aged care
‘Address genuine skills shortages’: New aged care minister’s migration focus
Anika Wells will begin looking at the prospect of using migration to help fill tens of thousands of vacancies across the embattled sector.
- by Angus Thompson
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Childcare
Government must tackle skills shortage to deliver childcare promise
Families already struggle to find childcare for their children, but it’s about to get worse, with the sector at crisis point.
- The Herald's View
Labor in power: Big business braces for the Albanese era
Corporate heavyweights say addressing skills shortages and climate change policy should be critical priorities for the Albanese government.
- by Clancy Yeates, Nick Toscano and Dominic Powell
‘We can’t wait’: NSW, Victoria demand urgent action on worker shortages
Premier Dominic Perrottet said both states are being hampered by the staff drought, with delays of up to 18 months for overseas workers to obtain a visa.
- by Lucy Cormack and Lucy Carroll
‘A very major correction’ under way as building industry faces crisis
Builders are bracing for a major slump as they struggle with surging costs for raw materials, worker shortages and supply delays.
- by Josh Gordon, Jackson Graham, Tawar Razaghi and Elizabeth Redman
‘We’ve got a crisis. We need workers’: Big business urges election winner to boost migration
Business leaders want the next federal government to increase migration to ease labour shortages.
- by Anne Hyland
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Australia votes
Election offerings to boost women’s workforce participation fall short
As the Australian economy faces labour and skills shortages, a legion of well-educated female workers is being chronically underutilised.
- by Matt Wade
‘It’s about accountability’: Directors back federal anti-corruption watchdog
More than two-thirds of directors support a federal anti-corruption body, says a new survey, which has also identified government integrity and trustworthiness as key election concerns.
- by Clancy Yeates
Demand for hospitality staff hits two-year high as union warns on exploitation
Industry insiders say many skilled restaurant workers have turned to other careers during the pandemic’s lockdowns.
- by Dominic Powell