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Senior Labor ministers Linda Burney and Brendan O’Connor.

Senior Albanese government ministers could quit in a matter of days

There is growing expectation in Labor ranks that a pair of cabinet ministers are poised to announce they will not contest the next election and will step down from cabinet immediately.

  • James Massola and Paul Sakkal

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Migrants who are plumbers, roof tilers, painters and other building trades are at risk of not being eligible for a core skills visa.

1.2 million homes needed, but construction workers not yet on ‘core skills’ visa list

Migrants who are plumbers, roof tilers, painters or workers in other building trades are at risk of not being eligible for a core skills visa.

  • Olivia Ireland

Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers

Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.

  • James Massola
Fraudulent colleges could be fined close to $1 million under new laws introduced by Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor.

$1 million fines for ‘dodgy’ colleges in fresh crackdown

Legislation to be introduced on Wednesday will also weed out colleges misrepresenting themselves as prestigious institutions and void the registration of providers that have been inactive for 12 months.

  • Angus Thompson

Indian students rejected as Australia cracks down on ‘ghost colleges’

Data shows Australia approves far fewer student visas from India than China, despite government ministers visiting India to promote skills study.

  • Angus Thompson
Brendan O’Connor wants remove “dodgy, bottom-feeding training providers” from the VET sector.

‘Prune the tree’: Halting new colleges considered amid student visa crackdown

Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor says the government is also considering measures to weed out unscrupulous providers already in the vocational education and training system.

  • Angus Thompson
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Apprentices are being offered up to $10,000 to train in the renewables sector.

Nation’s skills not match-fit for net zero, government agency warns

Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor is vowing to overhaul TAFE education as a key government agency warns the nation’s ability to achieve net zero is at risk while the tertiary sector can’t keep pace with demand.

  • Angus Thompson
Labor’s spokesman for Employment and Workplace Relations Brendan O’Connor.

Further crackdown coming for VET sector to target ‘ghost colleges’

A crackdown on dormant Vocational Education and Training organisations that haven’t provided training for extended periods is one measure being considered by Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor has signalled after the boom in the number of “ghost colleges” in the VET sector.

  • Lisa Visentin
Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor says 90 per cent of Australians will need to be in skiled jobs.

Energy, defence, medicines: How Australia can prepare for jobs of the future

New data shows that over the past year, about 92 per cent of employment growth has been in occupations that usually require a tertiary or vocational qualification.

  • Anthony Galloway
Millions of Australians would benefit from improved literacy and numeracy.

The secret shame stopping 3 million Australians from doing their jobs properly

The federal government wants training for millions of Australians who lack the basic literacy and numeracy skills required to gain better jobs and increase their wages.

  • David Crowe

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