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Training system must catch up to industry

A panel of experts from business, TAFE and union sectors have outlined how Australia's training programs can be upgraded to skill people for the future.

Business and unions reveal shared policies on three big ticket items ahead of jobs summit

Business and unions reveal shared policies on three big ticket items ahead of jobs summit

Business Council and ACTU agree on need to boost paid parental leave, reform migration skills lists and set up an authority to support the clean energy transition

The Guardian - AU

Labor may accelerate industrial relations reforms to ‘get wages moving’, Anthony Albanese says

Labor may accelerate industrial relations reforms to ‘get wages moving’, Anthony Albanese says

Prime minister tells National Press Club government could ‘potentially take further action’ if no consensus reached at jobs and skills summit

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Business and unions on common ground before summit, but Canberra clash looms

The jobs summit brings together unions, business and government, with a focus on industrial relations reform, skills and training reform, and migration.

Unions and businesses unite on TAFE and training ahead of Jobs and Skills Summit

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he is "energised" by unions and business groups uniting to tackle problems in the training sector, despite them being at loggerheads about whether multi-employer bargaining should return.

Unions and business agree on need for higher wages as jobs summit looms

ACTU and business council want to revive ‘key principles’ of enterprise bargaining deal that was dumped in 2020 after industry backlash

The Guardian - AU

Temporary migration boost needed: business

The Business Council wants the permanent migration cap upped to over 200,000 places temporarily to make up for the migration slowdown during the pandemic.

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Dutton defends skills summit boycott

Dutton defends skills summit boycott

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has defended his decision not to attend the government's upcoming jobs and skills summit.

Calls for skilled migration overhaul

Calls for skilled migration overhaul

Australia needs to ditch its “ad hoc” skilled migration system in order to drive the country’s prosperity, the Business Council says ahead of the jobs summit.

Business calls for 'catch up' migration, as participants position ahead of Albanese's jobs summit

Business calls for 'catch up' migration, as participants position ahead of Albanese's jobs summit

Big business wants a “catch up boost” to permanent migration, with at least two thirds of the places going to skilled workers,

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It’s time to tax mining and energy giants properly. Struggling Australians should share in their record profits

It’s time to tax mining and energy giants properly. Struggling Australians should share in their record profits

The fact that an energy exporter like Australia is having a tough time when the prices of our energy exports are sky high shows just how broken our political debate has become.

The Guardian - AU

Jobs summit key chance for reform: BCA

Jobs summit key chance for reform: BCA

Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott says the upcoming jobs and skills summit is an opportunity to reset the economy.

Pre-election budget to ease cost of living

Pre-election budget to ease cost of living

Tuesday night's federal budget is expected to include a cut to the fuel excise as well as assistance for more first home buyers.

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