Building a skilled and adaptable workforce
How can we build a more skilled and adaptable workforce, including through support for Australians to engage in work and learning throughout their life, making sure our education system (from schools to skills and higher education) is producing productive, highly capable graduates, and enabling employers to access and use the best talent locally and internationally?
Letter from the Treasurer requesting consideration of regulatory reform (PDF 109 KB)The due date for submissions was 15 September 2025
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We‘ve received a large number of submissions across the 5 productivity inquiries, so there may be some delays in publishing them to our website. Thank you for your patience as we work to get these published as quickly as possible.
Next milestone
The final inquiry report is to be handed to the Australian Government in December 2025.
Inquiry timeline
Dates will be added when known.
Gather ideas
Terms of reference
Develop shortlist of policy ideas
Consultation closed
Interim report release
Call for submissions
Final report to Government
Final report release
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