The 'Build a Life in WA' campaign is being expanded internationally to help attract skilled workers to Western Australia and fill key skill shortages across a range of jobs.

New research by workforce experts at Flinders University and Charles Darwin University shows that efforts by skilled migrants to meet employer demands for Australian qualifications result in only marginal returns for these efforts, at least in the short t

A bold new program has been cooked up to address a shortage of skilled workers in kitchens on the Sunshine Coast and beyond. TAFE Queensland has encouraged people to turn their passion for cooking into a career, with their new Intensive Apprenticeship

The Australian labour market has confidently emerged out of two years of pandemic lockdowns with many employees enthusiastically returning to their workplaces – (including in remote and hybrid working arrangements) – in what some commentators have called

Australia could “miss the boat” in the global race to recruit aged care workers unless the federal government adjusts migration rules, as research shows the labour shortage in the sector has doubled since the depths of the coronavirus pandemic.

Workers can pocket $400 a day for just six hours of work – but Aussies are still turning their backs on this crucial and lucrative job.

Shop windows across the country are plastered with "help wanted" signs, and most of those businesses are finding help pretty hard to find.

As minimum wage earners prepare for a 5.2 per cent lift to their pay packets, small businesses have warned "it's never been this difficult" to trade.

The business community is joining in on calls to release a backlog of more than 140,000 skilled workers waiting on their visa applications to be processed.

People welcome passengers from Singapore at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 21, 2021. Australia's travel bubble with Singapore came into effect on Sunday.Photo: Xinhua