Tag: skills

Tech workers ghosted by visa system as wait times blow out

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Thousands of skilled technology workers are being left in limbo by the federal government while their visa applications go unanswered, a parliamentary inquiry has heard. The inquiry also heard...

Aussie tech jobs rebound, but 2030 target still at risk

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s technology workforce has rebounded from last year’s slump, putting the Albanese government’s goal of creating 1.2 million tech jobs by 2030 back within reach if the current pace...

Australia’s real AI risk is falling behind on skills

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Australia’s ability to lift productivity from AI will depend less on the technology itself and more on building workforce capability.  With AI adoption accelerating across sectors, the Future Skills...

How FSO became a national orchestrator for AI skills

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Australia’s race to adopt artificial intelligence is no longer about awareness. It’s about capability – and closing the widening gap between those experimenting at speed and those struggling to get started.  That gap...

New national push to embed AI skills across the VET sector

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
A new national initiative is aiming to accelerate AI skills across Australia’s vocational education and training sector against a backdrop of patchy adoption and growing concern about capability gaps....

States ink AUKUS training MoU with Rolls-Royce

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
British defence giant Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement with the Western Australian and South Australian governments to co-design workforce initiatives that will support the AUKUS submarine program and future...