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Australian Government, Your Career – National Skills Week 2025 – 25-31 August – Explore all the options

Are you exploring ALL the options this National Skills Week?

25 August 2025

Enter keywords, category or dates and click search to filter results.

  • "Age needs to become a bigger part of diversity and inclusion conversations in workplaces." – Robert Fitzgerald AM, Age Discrimination Commissioner

    Profile: Mr Robert Fitzgerald AM, Age Discrimination Commissioner – Part 2

    22 October 2024
  • "We must create an agenda about positive, inclusive, multigenerational workplaces that welcome and value mature age and older people." Robert Fitzgerald AM, Age Discrimination Commissioner

    Profile: Mr Robert Fitzgerald AM, Age Discrimination Commissioner – Part 1

    16 October 2024
  • Welcoming the new Age Discrimination Commissioner

    Australia has a new Age Discrimination Commissioner, Mr Robert Fitzgerald AM!

    26 April 2024
  • Hiring Outside the Box – Build your recruitment toolkit – Learn about DEWR's latest – Webinar Series

    Learn about the different recruitment practices today

    9 October 2023
  • Every age counts – Ageism Awareness Day – Saturday 7 October

    Ageism awareness in the workplace with Australia’s Acting Age Discrimination Commissioner and President, Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM

    3 October 2023
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    Research into small business employment of mature age workers

    16 August 2023
  • "Mature age workers bring a wealth of experience" – The Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO, Age Discrimination Commissioner

    As a mature age worker, you bring a lifetime of experience

    31 July 2023
  • Age diversity is good for business – with The Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO – Age Discrimination Commissioner

    Age diversity is good for business – with the Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO

    27 July 2023
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Statistics at a glance

  • Unemployment
  • Employment
Australians
currently unemployed
649,000
(Up 3.1% since July 2024)
Unemployment rate4.2%
(Up 0.1% pts since July 2024)
Australians
currently employed
14,641,400
(Up 1.8% since July 2024)
Employed full-time10,125,900
(Up 1.9% since July 2024)
Employed part-time4,515,500
(Up 1.8% since July 2024)
Participation rate67.0%
(Equal to the rate recorded in July 2024)

Statistics in detail

Source: ABS, Labour Force, Australia, July 2025, seasonally adjusted data.

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