Tag: AiGroup

Manufacturing vacancies soar as skills shortage bites

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A rally in manufacturing output has driven record job vacancies, new data shows, while peak industry bodies say skills shortages are driving higher wages and a potential shift towards...

Manufacturing sector slumps into recession: AiGroup

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Australia’s newly sworn-in Minister for Industry and Innovation Tim Ayres will need to hit the ground running in the portfolio, with new data showing the manufacturing sector fell into...

AiGroup calls for better metrics on research returns

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The nation’s peak industry lobby AiGroup has called for immediate and substantial structural changes to Australia’s R&D system, with a key focus on commercialisation efforts, rather than simply pouring...