The Australian Productivity Commission's report says the apprenticeship pathway"can be time consuming and act as a major barrier",taking up to four years to complete.
A Productivity Commission report also found about 58 per cent of older people waited more than three months to enter residential aged care after being approved.
The coronavirus pandemic will leave so many workers switching jobs that the creation of new super accounts will cost hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Industry Super Australia chief says"never say never"to the return of a 2017 television scare campaign against super governance changes in which it likened big banks to foxes descending on a chicken coop.
A report into Indigenous wellbeing raises some alarming areas of concern and highlights the importance of a connection to culture for Indigenous Australians.
Men now account for seven in nine suicides. The numbers are startling,but there is some hope.
Doctors also defended their treatment practices after a Productivity Commission report found mental health care'requires improvement'.
The Productivity Commission report on mental health found suicide and poor mental health costs the country $200 billion a year.
The Productivity Commission found there was little evidence of the effectiveness of $35 billion of annual funding for Indigenous affairs across health,education and welfare and called for a step-by-step guide for assessing whether money had been well spent.
Tuesday's federal budget will include health measures expected to push it to a historic level of spending due to the ongoing costs of battling COVID-19.
Lifeline chairman John Brogden has warned of a coming wave of mental ill health and suicides as the coronavirus recession deepens,calling for targeted welfare support to protect the most vulnerable.