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Self-Employment Assistance can help you turn your business idea or existing small business into a viable business. The program allows you to choose the level of support that meets your needs and the needs of your small business.

In the 2024-25 Budget, the Australian Government committed $76.2 million over 5 years to a new voluntary employment services program to improve the economic security of First Nations people transitioning out of the justice system and ree

The VET Student Loans (VSL) program assists eligible students pay tuition fees for approved higher-level (diploma and above) vocational education and training (VET) courses, when studying at VET Student Loans approved course providers.

Richer, faster data supporting evidence-based decision-making and better outcomes for students, industries, and governments.

The Building Women’s Careers Program is driving systemic structural and cultural change.

Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) Program

We are working to strengthen partnerships with First Nations communities by creating a nurturing and supportive skills and training sector.

The WorkFoundations program provides funding for social enterprises and businesses to deliver paid employment placements for up to 6 months.

Information and updates on the department’s actions to assure the integrity of the Targeted Compliance Framework.

The Community Development Program (CDP) is the Australian Government’s remote employment and community development service.

The newsroom provides news, data, analysis and case studies about the Department.

The Australian Skills Guarantee (Skills Guarantee) leverages major Australian Government procurement to help address skill shortages and gender segregation in the construction and information and communications technology (ICT) sectors.

The department produces reports on complaints received about employment and pre-employment services.

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations regularly publishes data related to the delivery of employment services.

The Australian Government is committed to supporting adults in Australia to increase their English language, literacy, numeracy, digital literacy (LLND) and employability skills – known collectively as foundation skills.

Adult Learners Week takes place in the first week of September each year. It is an international event embodied in the 1997 Hamburg Declaration on Adult Learning, to which Australia is a signatory.

The Australian Government committed $78 million to establish an Advanced Entry Trades Training (AETT) program to fast track the qualifications of 6,000 trades people to help build more homes across Australia.

The process of accrediting external IT systems and Providers to protect against cyber threats.