Public reviews and consultations

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and the agencies and boards within the portfolio, often request public comment on a range of topics or programs.

For previous reviews and consultations relating to the former Department of Education, Skills and Employment please refer to the Department of Education website.

Current reviews and consultations

Previous reviews and consultations

Have your say on improving Prison Employment Services for First Nations Peoples
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Time to Work Employment Service
Your submission: New voluntary parent support service consultation
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Consultation: A new voluntary parent support service
Extend the Powers of the Fair Work Commission to Include ‘Employee-Like’ Forms of Work
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Workplace Reform Consultation
Compliance and enforcement: Criminalising wage theft
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Workplace Reform Consultation
Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme Approved Employer Deed and Guidelines
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Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme
Future Directions Paper for Australian Apprenticeship Support Services
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Australian Apprenticeships
Same Job, Same Pay
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Workplace Reform Consultation
Provide stronger protections against discrimination, adverse action and harassment
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Workplace Reform Consultation
Preserve arrangements for employers already using single interest agreements
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Workplace Reform Consultation
Stand up for casual workers: Legislate an objective test to determine when an employee can be classified as casual
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Workplace Reform Consultation
The Fair Work Commission issuing model terms for enterprise agreements
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Workplace Reform Consultation
Repeal demerger from registered organisations amalgamations provisions
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Workplace Reform Consultation
Address the impact of the small business redundancy exemption in winding up scenarios to support equitable outcomes for claimants under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG)
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Workplace Reform Consultation
A single national framework for labour hire regulation, which could be implemented in place of existing state and territory schemes
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Workplace Reform Consultation
Jobs and Skills Australia engagement
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Jobs and Skills Australia
Optimising the PALM scheme delivery in Australia
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Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme
Consultation on the draft revised Standards for RTOs
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Skills Reform
Trades Recognition Australia: Consultation paper on cost recovery for migrant skills assessment services
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Skills support for individuals
Statutory Review of casual employment legislation
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Workplace relations in Australia
Submissions to Exposure Draft – for the New Employment Services Model 2022 Purchasing Arrangements
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Workforce Australia
Transition to Work– Consultation Paper submissions
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Transition to Work
Submissions - Skills Reform: Improving industry engagement and reforming qualifications in Vocational Education and Training discussion paper
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Skills Reform
Submissions to the Proposed licensing system for the New Employment Services Model – Discussion Paper
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Workforce Australia
Review of the Seacare deemed diseases instrument
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Workplace relations in Australia
Improving protections of employees' wages and entitlements: further strengthening the civil compliance and enforcement framework
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Workplace relations in Australia
Review of the Code for the Tendering and Performance of Building Work 2016
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Workplace relations in Australia
Submissions to the Review of the Australian Apprenticeships National Skills Needs List – Methodology Discussion Paper
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Review of the Australian Apprenticeships National Skills Needs List
Cooperative Workplaces – How can Australia capture productivity improvements from more harmonious workplace relations
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Workplace relations in Australia
Improving protections of employees' wages and entitlements: strengthening penalties for non-compliance
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Workplace relations in Australia
Attracting major infrastructure, resources and energy projects to increase employment: Project life greenfields agreements
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Workplace relations in Australia
Submissions to the Review of the Australian Apprenticeships National Skills Needs List – Issues Paper
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Review of the Australian Apprenticeships National Skills Needs List
Firefighter provisions of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
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Workplace relations in Australia
Review of the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016
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Workplace relations in Australia
Review of Workplace Health and Safety laws in the construction industry
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Workplace relations in Australia
Review of the Greenfields Provisions of the Fair Work Amendment Act 2015
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Workplace relations in Australia
Review of Security of Payment Laws
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Workplace relations in Australia
Review of Safe Work Australia’s role and functions
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Workplace relations in Australia
Statutory Review of the role and functions of the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency
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Workplace relations in Australia
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Fair protection for firefighters) Act 2011 Review
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Workplace relations in Australia