The Planning Institute of Australia’s Planners in Australia: State of the Profession Report aims to provide a closer understanding of the planning profession. The report relies largely on data collected from the ABS 2021 Census regarding the occupation of ‘Urban and Regional Planners’ (‘Planners’), along with other data from a PIA-conducted survey of planners, Jobs…

The 2022 Local Government Workforce Skills and Capability Survey report was funded by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, and delivered in conjunction with ALGA and its member associations. The survey was sent to all Australian councils and updates a previous local government workplace survey undertaken in 2018. These survey results show…

Infrastructure Skills Shortage Crisis Councils are continuing to report difficulties in attracting quality employees as they compete with other industries for a reduced supply of labour. Overlaying the current situation are predictions of serious skills shortages related to future public infrastructure investment. According to Infrastructure Australia’s 2021 Infrastructure Market Capacity Report, “Australia is on the cusp…

The recently released report by the National Skills Commission (NSC), State of Australia’s skills 2021: now and into the future examines Australia’s current, emerging and future workforce skills needs. The report finds that our workforce skills needs have been impacted by: A shift to higher skilled jobs, increasing the importance of further education and training An ongoing…

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