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Industry Skills Australia (ISA) is seeking your input to validate the themes and priorities that emerged from extensive stakeholder engagement in 2025. Your responses will help shape 2026 Workforce Plans for the Transport Supply Chain industries - Maritime, Rail, Transport and Logistics (including omni-channel Logistics and Distribution) and Aviation (including Space Transport and Logistics).
Submit your feedback here As we approach the end of the year, we would like to take the opportunity to sincerely thank our stakeholders for your continued support, collaboration and commitment throughout the year.
We particularly acknowledge the contribution of employers, RTOs, VET coordinators, government agencies and unions, whose collective efforts have been instrumental in progressing shared priorities and delivering positive outcomes across the sector. Your willingness to engage, provide insight and work collaboratively has been greatly valued. We look forward to building on this momentum in the year ahead, continuing to strengthen partnerships and advance initiatives that support a skilled, capable and sustainable workforce. - Michael Taremba, CEO Starting Thu 1 Jan 2026, the Government will update the Australian Apprenticeships Incentive System to focus support on priority industries and workforce needs.
A new Key Apprenticeship Program (KAP) Employer Incentive will offer up to $5,000 to employers of apprentices in KAP-listed occupations, paid in two instalments in the first year. For Priority List occupations that are not KAP-listed, incentives will be reduced. The Australian Apprentice Training Support Payment will decrease from $5,000 to $2,500, paid over two years, and the Priority Hiring Incentive for employers will also reduce from $5,000 to $2,500, paid in the first year. More information here The Jobs and Skills Report 2025 – Connecting for Impact: Aligning Productivity, Participation and Skills offers clear, evidence-based insights into Australia’s evolving workforce. With growing public engagement and global partnerships, Jobs and Skills Australia’s insights are shaping national policy and helping Australia build a more inclusive, productive and future-ready workforce
Official Media Release here. The Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure (DTMI) has announced the launch of its new Transport Strategic Plan 2025-2029. This plan is designed to guide the Department’s business planning and service delivery over the next years, ensuring prosperity for all Western Australians.
More information here. Access the plan in pdf here. The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) and the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) have jointly released the Dual Sector Regulatory Strategy in response to the Australian Universities Accord Final Report, aiming to reduce duplication and streamline regulation for Australia's 57 dual sector providers.
More information about the Dual Sector Regulatory Strategy here and about the Australian Universities Accord Final Report here. Following a review conducted in 2023-24, the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sports and the Arts (DITRDC) worked in consultation with governments and industry to refresh the National Freight & Supply Chain Strategy to ensure it remains fit for purpose.
The new Strategy and 2025-29 National Action Plan can be found at www.freightaustralia.gov.au. Official media release here. Consultations to inform Jobs and Skills Australia’s (JSA) advice to Government on the 2025 Core Skills Occupations List (CSOL) opened on 25 August 2025. The review of the CSOL will ensure the skilled occupations available for migration stay relevant to Australia’s workforce needs and labour market shortages. The CSOL gives sponsoring employers the opportunity to fill genuine workforce shortages in eligible skilled occupations on a temporary or permanent basis.
The 31st Western Australian Training Awards took place on Fri 05 Sept 2025. The WA Training Awards recognise excellence in vocational education and training (VET) and the outstanding achievements of our VET students, apprentices and trainees, practitioners and training providers, organisations and employers.
In addition to the recognition, networking, and professional development opportunities these prestigious awards bring, winners in eight different individual categories received $3,000, and eligible winners also have the opportunity to represent WA at the Australian Training Awards later this year. Find out more Here The Defence Industry Development Strategy establishes the framework and principles for Australia’s defence industry policy. These policy settings reflect the changing strategic circumstances and deliver the initiatives required to develop Australia’s sovereign defence industrial base required to meet our national security requirements. This includes:
For more details and to read the DIDS click Here |
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