Single Commonwealth body owning end-to-end care-workforce pipeline metric. Coordinates immigration, scholarships, Free TAFE and provider registration in one direction.
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“The care economy needs to roughly double its workforce by 2050; current trajectory implies a shortage of 200k+ workers by 2030 across aged care”
— disability and child care. · https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/care-support
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“Aged-care workforce attrition rate at 28% annually; replacement rate insufficient.”
— Aged Care Workforce Census 2024 · 2024
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“Disability sector workforce shortages identified as a primary driver of poor outcomes; pipeline insufficient at current settings.”
— Disability Royal Commission Final Report · 2023
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Productivity Commission framing of fragmented levers
Cross-Service Contact-Detail Propagation
Single contact-details record at the myGov layer. Each linked agency reads on demand; updates propagate immediately to phone, email, address and bank details across all linked services.
Auto-detected (or toggled) simplified interface for older citizens: large type, single PIN, no security-question gate, phone-callback 2FA, immediate human escalation. Built once at the myGov layer; inherited by linked services.
Mutual-Obligation Travel Reform
(a) Match JobSeekers to training providers by commute distance with remote-option fallback; (b) auto-issue travel reimbursement when commute exceeds 30 min one-way. Rules engine inside existing JobSearch.
Video-call myGov help for elderly
Grandkids can join a video call with a Services Australia officer to help Nan navigate myGov. Officer guides, grandkid clicks. Already done by some banks.