A New South Wales aged care organisation has reached a unique agreement with the federal government to help address severe staff shortages, which it says could become a model for other businesses struggling to find workers.

The Reserve Bank’s focus would shift from fighting inflation to ensuring every person who wanted a job could have one under a proposal from the ACTU that has accused the institution of adding to Australia’s cost-of-living crisis.

Caring for children remains the largest barrier to female participation in the labour force, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Mount Gambier has held itsfirst jobs and skills showcase at City Hall, in an effort to help tackle skills shortages plaguing the region.

Backpackers on working holiday maker visas have beena crucial sourceof farm labour for decades, alongside smaller numbers of temporary migrants from the Pacific Islands, international students, and Australians.

Like many industries, the aquaculture sector is facing a workforce shortage in regional South Australia compounded by a lack of accommodation for staff.

People on the national disability insurance scheme who want to work will be connected with a disability employment services provider under a trial to be established by the Albanese government.

A recurring theme on these pages from myself and other transport industry groups in recent times has been the challenges of chronic labour shortages and their impact on already stressed supply chains, and the operators tasked with keeping them functioning

The Productivity Commission warns that a lack of skills and a reliance on legacy systems threatens Australia’s ability to keep pace with developments in technology - and that has far-reaching implications for productivity and economic growth.

Few people have a CV as impressive as Amin Niazai. The 35-year-oldAfghan-born Melburnian is a forest ecology and climate change scientistwith a master's degreeand aPhD from Kyoto University in Japan.