Media Releases

Invested in Southeast Asia

06 October 2023

The Australian Government has today launched Invested: Australia's Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040 to deepen Australia's economic engagement with our region and ensure our shared future prosperity.

Appointment to the Future Fund Board

05 October 2023

The Albanese Government has appointed Mary Reemst to the Future Fund Board of Guardians for a five‑year term.

Making super concessions more sustainable

03 October 2023

The Albanese Government is today releasing draft legislation on the announced change to superannuation tax concessions to make the system fairer and more sustainable.

New legislation to promote more competition in financial markets

30 September 2023

The Albanese Government has today passed legislation to improve competition in the trading of shares and other securities as part of important reforms to strengthen Australia’s financial system and modernise our economy.

Working Future – White Paper on jobs and opportunities

25 September 2023

The Albanese Government today releases the Employment White Paper, Working Future – a roadmap to ensure more Australians can make the most of the big shifts underway in the economy and our society over the coming decades.

Turbocharging TAFE centres of excellence and accelerating apprenticeships

25 September 2023

The Albanese Government will equip more Australians with the skills of the future by turbocharging TAFE Centres of Excellence and accelerating the take up of higher and degree apprenticeships in the priority areas of net zero, care, and digitisation.

Better opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

25 September 2023

The Albanese Government will scope a new First Nations Economic Partnership with the Coalition of Peaks and other organisations to boost labour force participation and improve economic outcomes for Indigenous Australians.

Boosting opportunity for Australia’s most disadvantaged through social enterprises

25 September 2023

The Albanese Government will work with the social enterprise sector to boost labour force participation and economic development in some of the nation’s most disadvantaged communities as a key outcome of the Employment White Paper.

Getting more Australians back into work

25 September 2023

The Albanese Government is improving incentives to get more Australians into work.

Strengthening Australian employment services

25 September 2023

The Albanese Labor Government’s Employment White Paper outlines eight principles to guide reforms to Australia’s employment services system, with a focus on better supporting people, while collaborating with employers and communities.