Yearly Archives: 2021

The National Skills Commission has announced a Care Workforce Labour Market Study. This in-depth study will examine the factors affecting the supply and demand of care workers both in the near term and longer term to 2050. It results from a direct request from the Prime Minister to National Skills Commissioner,...

Governance and resilience in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for Australian not-for-profit organisations, including adult and community education (ACE) providers. “The COVID-19 pandemic had an immediate and profound effect on the social sector. Funding and resources dried up, with 50% of charities reporting a loss of revenue...

The release of the report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has again placed aged care training under the spotlight. This training is a “bread and butter” for Australia’s not-for-profit adult and community education providers (read CCA’s analysis of the Royal Commission report). Aged care training will...

The independent Australian think tank the Grattan Institute has released a report that shows the COVID recession has hit women much harder than men, an impact that will compound women’s lifetime economic disadvantage. According to the Institute, Australian women copped a triple-whammy:

• they lost more jobs than men – almost 8% at...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care report, entitled Care, Dignity and Respect – made public on 1 March – has recommended a major expansion of the aged care and disability workforce. According to Grattan Institute experts, improved workforce conditions and capability sits as one of the “top four...