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Fourteen of Australia’s most influential leaders have united to call for urgent reforms to unlock the skills of 620,000 permanent migrants in Australia as one in three professions face critical workforce shortages.  Former Ambassador to the United States the Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO, public service mandarin Dr Martin Parkinson AC PSM, leading economist Dr Melinda Cilento, and world-renowned psychiatrist Professor Pat McGorry AO are among the prominent Australians to personally endorse the Activate Australia’s Skills campaign calling for an overhaul of Australia’s skills recognition system. Read more 

3 February 2025 A new poll demonstrates public support for measures that could activate the currently unrecognised professional qualifications and skills of over 600,000 people.  The poll, conducted by Essential Research and […] Read more 

16 December 2024 The Activate Australia’s Skills campaign has welcomed the Albanese government’s newly announced investigation into building a skilled and adaptable workforce but urged decision makers to consider more timely reforms […] Read more 

The Federal Government’s skilled migration reforms, announced yesterday, will not fully ease skills shortages without change to the wider system keeping thousands of migrants already in the country from full economic participation, […] Read more 

The Activate Australia’s Skills campaign welcomes the recommendations by the Joint Standing Committee on Migration Read more 

“We’re ready to work”: New skills shortage blueprint to tackle rising prices, housing delays, service waitlists. Read more