All resources: Australia

Australia - Country baseline under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2021) - P029

Our impact, their voices

Australia renews its commitment for “a future where no one is subjected to modern slavery”

Australia ratified the ILO 2014 Protocol on Forced Labour, hence becoming the 59th country in committing to take effective measures to put an end to forced labour.

Forced Labour

Australia ratifies the Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention

Australia and the ILO sign a new Strategic Engagement Framework (2022-2027)

Australia: Preliminary analysis of ILO mining employment data by sex

Women and the mine of the future: Preliminary analysis of ILO mining employment data by sex

This series of infographics presents a baseline analysis of gender-segregated data for 10 countries to provide greater understanding of the gendered employment profile of large-scale mining and its supply chain. It is drawn from household surveys,...

Asia-Pacific labour market insights

Getting older: Confronting Asia and the Pacific’s ageing labour force

Asia and the Pacific’s ageing population is a trend that is expected to steadily increase. Ageing societies means older labour forces and higher old-age dependency ratios, increasing the pressures on economies to close pension and social protection...

Australia’s support to social protection in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Mr Jean-Bernard Carrasco, Former Ambassador of Australia to Lao People's Democratic Republic, spoke about Australia’s role in the UN Joint Programme on Social Protection Floors in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

The ILO in Australia

Interview

10 years on from the ILO Domestic Workers Convention: What has changed?

Over half of the world’s domestic workers are in Asia and the Pacific. 10 years on from the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), Anna Olsen, Technical Specialist at the International Labour Organization’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Antony McMullen, Cooperative Development Expert

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

Future of Work

Future of Trade Unions: the experience from Australia

The world of work is undergoing a major process of changes in particular driven by technological development, climate change, demographic shifts and Globalization. In this context, what could be the future of trade unions? Emma Kingdon from the...

ILO facilitates Indonesia-Australia partnership to accelerate digital skills development

Digital skills shortage remains a challenge in Indonesia. The ILO facilitates a partnership between Indonesia-Australia to create competent digital talents demanded by industry.

Exploring partnership between Indonesia-Australia in digital skills development

Presentation of Wikan Sakarinto, Director General of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology

EU - ILO comparative review

Individual and collective dispute resolution systems - A comparative review

The present report investigates specific individual and collective labour dispute resolution practices and institutions in a selected sample of countries: Australia, Belgium, France, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The countries were...

Background note

Labour relations and COVID-19 in Australia

Find out how bipartite social dialogue between employers and trade unions was used to mitigate the COVID-19 crisis in Australia (working time flexibility).

Australia - Country baseline under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2017-2019) - P029

Australia - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2019)

Australia - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2018)

Session 1: Policies for online VET in Australia

Presentation of Liz Campbell-Dorning, Counsellor (Education and Science), Australian Embassy Jakarta