The report provides a detailed snapshot of foundation skills proficiency – literacy, numeracy and digital capability – among Australian adults who engage with government-funded programs and vocational education and training, with a particular focus on four priority groups: women, First Nations people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people living with disability.

This paper is the third in a three-part series on new perspectives on gender economic inequality in Australia. It outlines 10 key next steps to address the deep-rooted policy challenges within the jobs and skills system based on Paper 1 and 2 findings and new evidence. The 10 recommendations include policy actions.

This report includes a final analysis paper that explores how the implications of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) vary across the workforce, including exposure, experiences and perspectives, through cohort and intersectional lenses. The second part of the report provides the technical detail of how the key pieces of analysis were undertaken in the overarching report...

This study provides insights into how the education, migration and employment systems can best work together to enhance the contribution made by international students to Australia’s skilled workforce. It provides 11 recommendations to support a strong Australian workforce built around capable and skilled workers.

Education and training choices, skills, outcomes and pathways – like jobs, work and pay – are highly gendered in Australia. This report provides insights on these education and training divides. It shows that gendered patterns in education and training remain deeply entrenched, with little sign of change that could shift Australia’s occupational gender segregation.