As published in The Australian, 16 November 2022

Ai Group spoke to employers in a survey that covered businesses across the economy. Their responses paint an alarming picture of multiple and widespread skills challenges across the board.

"Ai Group's survey reinforces what all the other economic indicators and analysts are telling us: we need to focus on skills like never before. Yes, skilled migration is an important part of the solution, but it's far from the whole story. We don't want to just plug the gaps. We should be aiming higher – to step up and create the workforce we need to confidently tackle new problems and new frontiers."

"We need an education and training system that is itself flexible, agile and capable enough to deliver the workers Australia needs. Yes, it's hard, and complex, and messy, but the stakes are too high to aim low."