Secure Jobs, Better Pay:

After a decade of the Liberals and Nationals in government deliberately keeping wages low, our Labor Government is getting wages moving again. 

 

  • We’ve supported back-to-back increases in the minimum wage, and we’ve delivered an historic 15 per cent pay rise for aged care & childcare workers.  
  • We’ve taken the gender pay gap to a record low. 
  • We’ve banned pay secrecy clauses.  
  • We’ve made deliberate wage theft a crime. 
  • We’ve legislated our ‘same job, same pay’ protections for labour hire workers.  
  • We are seeing wages grow at a higher rate than inflation. 
  • And we've made it easier for casual workers to become permanent if they want to. 

 

Investing in Skills and Training:

Whether it’s carpenters or chefs, plumbers or bricklayers – Australia needs more skilled workers. 

We've already helped 350,000 students enrol in fee-free TAFE to get the skills they need for a good career in key areas we need.  

The scheme was so popular that we’ve made an additional 320,000 places available.  

And to make sure we’re providing training in the areas employers need, we’ve set up Jobs and Skills Australia.