Factories provide an excellent backdrop for high-vis clad politicians to make election campaign announcements. But the reality is that local manufacturing employs just about 6 per cent of the Australian workforce.
More than 80 per cent of artists work as freelancers or on a self-employed basis.
The vocational education and training sectors are underfunded and trust in the quality of outcomes is still an issue.
As borders open to migrant workers,the issue of underpayment is expected to become more prominent.
Australia has a Modern Slavery Act and a National Action Plan to Combat Modern Slavery. Here is why it also needed to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Protocol on Forced Labour.
New funding to fill skills shortages is welcome but this week’s Budget announcements represent an opportunity missed.
Consequences of our outdated,peevish labour market policies are being felt by employers as well as workers,argues Chris F Wright.
Inclusion should be front and square in the AFL.
Think you’re above average when it comes to brain power? It could be all in your mind.
Space medicine is not just for astronauts.
The sometimes uneasy relationship between international education,migration and the workforce needs addressing