Keep Australia Working is the Government’s strategy to protect jobs and support business in the current economic environment.
Keep Australia Working key areas include:
- Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan
- Helping Business
- Helping Workers
Take a moment to look at the new Keep Australia Working website.
The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard, received the ‘Keep Australia Working’ Final Report on Friday, 16 October 2009.
The report was prepared for Ms Gillard by the Minister for Employment Participation, Senator Mark Arbib, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Employment, Jason Clare.
The Final Report is part of a whole-of-Government strategy to support Australian jobs. It details Australia’s current employment outlook, actions already taken and describes initiatives to address challenges of the future as the economy recovers.
While Australia’s economy has outperformed other advanced economies, the labour market remains fragile. A sustained global recovery is not yet assured, with implications for employment in Australia.
In order to support outcomes now and build long term capacity, major initiatives as part of this report to build job and training opportunities include:
- a new Apprentice Kickstart Package to accelerate the take-up of apprenticeships in order to support the availability of trade skills in crucial sectors of the economy;
- a second round of the Local Jobs Stream of the Jobs Fund, targeted specifically at green jobs to support the transition to the economy of the future;
- a second round of the Get Communities Working Stream of the Jobs Fund to give priority to intermediate labour market models of social enterprise;
- setting up an Office of Employment Co-ordination to build further opportunities to connect job seekers with employment opportunities;
- expanding Keep Australia Working financial information seminars and job expos; and
- improving information for people and organisations affected by the global recession.
The interim report was released on 8 July.
Keep Australia Working is part of the Australian Government Jobs and Training Compact which includes:
Jobs Fund
Local Employment Coordinators
Job Services Australia