Media Release - Ai Group calls for creation of Workforce Development Agency – to tackle deepening skills and productivity challenges 11.04.11

Date published : 11  April  2011 

"With the unacceptably low levels of productivity and intensifying skill shortages there is an urgent need for industry to be given a stronger role in our training system. We need to ensure that skills development is focused on the right areas, well coordinated and driven by the needs of industry and the economy. To achieve this, Ai Group proposes the establishment of an Australian Workforce Development Agency as a matter of national priority," Ai Group Chief Executive Heather Ridout said today.

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