Bill
Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-11-09. Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Employment and Workplace Relations
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-07-27
- second reading — 2022-07-27
- second reading — 2022-09-06
- second reading — 2022-09-07
- second reading — 2022-09-07
- committee — 2022-09-26
- third reading — 2022-09-26
- introduced — 2022-09-27
- second reading — 2022-09-27
- second reading — 2022-10-26
- second reading — 2022-10-26
- committee — 2022-10-26
- third reading — 2022-10-26
- other — 2022-10-27
- other — 2022-10-27
- passed — 2022-10-27
- royal assent — 2022-11-09
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2022-07-27.
This bill is part of a package that would create Jobs and Skills Australia as a new body and repeal the National Skills Commissioner Act 2020.
The new body would advise ministers on labour market and training issues, lead research and workforce forecasting, and consult with states, territories, employer groups, unions and training providers.
The government plans to introduce a later bill to set the permanent structure and governance of Jobs and Skills Australia after further consultation, including at the Jobs and Skills Summit.
- Establishes Jobs and Skills Australia as a statutory body in the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
- Repeals the National Skills Commissioner Act 2020.
- Requires Jobs and Skills Australia to consult with state and territory governments, employer associations, unions, training providers and regional organisations.
- Appoints an interim director to lead the body until a permanent model is legislated.
The government, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Minister for Skills and Training, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, state and territory governments, employer associations, unions, training providers, regional organisations, students, learners and the broader Australian workforce.
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