The Albanese government is planning for a new body, Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA). It will be one of its top three priorities when the new federal parliament first meets next month.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister has already talked a bit about this proposed body. It\u2019s described as \u201ca national partnership to drive VET education and strengthen workforce planning by working together with employers, unions and the training and education sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an opinion piece<\/a> the Prime Minister wrote in the Herald Sun in November last year, entitled \u201cLet\u2019s Invest in Skills for Our Greatest Resource,\u201d he argues for a lift in the investment in education and training. If nothing else, it\u2019s an interesting contrast to another of the articles in this issue where we highlight a recent paper<\/a> by Wheelahan and her colleagues.<\/p>\n

The new Prime Minister talks about skill shortages in key areas like disability service workers, midwives, welders, electricians, surveyors, biochemists, and even hairdressers, bricklayers, painters, and carpenters.<\/p>\n

As we have noted in other another recent VDC News article<\/a> Labor sees TAFE at the heart of the VET system: a VET system focused both on the young and those many middle-aged workers whose jobs are eliminated by change and those who find it difficult to find a new job \u2013 an issue for older women in particular. (Another article<\/a> in VDC News in May contrasted Labor and Coalition approaches.)<\/p>\n

The new agency will, according to Albanese\u2019s opinion piece<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cresearch workforce trends and provide impartial advice about what skills are needed now and what skills will be sought after in the future. Jobs and Skills Australia will be modelled on Infrastructure Australia, which works with industry and governments to research proposed road and railway projects to ensure they are funded on genuine need.\u201d<\/p>\n

At present we have the National Skills Commission (NSC).\u00a0 Its establishment was one of the key recommendations implemented by the previous federal government from\u00a0Strengthening Skills: Expert Review of Australia\u2019s Vocational Education and Training System<\/em>\u00a0(the Joyce review<\/a>) and The NSC\u2019s role, according to its website<\/a>, is to provide \u201cexpert advice and national leadership on Australia\u2019s labour market and current, emerging and future workforce skills needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll have to wait and see how this new agency differs in its scope and activities once it is established.<\/p>\n

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