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Universities urge government to work with them to build nuclear subs workforce
Universities Australia says the federal government must work with the tertiary sector in the establishment of the newly announced submarine agency to deliver the nuclear submarine program.
Chief executive Catriona Jackson said Australia couldn’t deliver Aukus without a “significant boost” to its defence capability.
The highly skilled workers needed to drive this are educated at our universities. At every stage of the process – from acquisition to construction to disposal – the project hinges on the skills and expertise of university-educated professionals.
Government needs to recognise and acknowledge this. Aukus is one of the most significant industrial undertakings in Australia’s history. It is too important to get wrong.
We should be front and centre of all discussions and decisions around workforce and skills development.
Updated at 23.53 EDT42m ago23.17 EDT
Is the budget back in black? Paul Karp weighs in
“The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, came dangerously close on Friday to spoiling the surprise of a possible one-off surplus on budget night,” writes our chief political correspondent, Paul Karp.
“For those just tuning in to pre-budget news, the S-word must seem particularly jarring after months and years of chat about ‘structural challenges’, which is code for ‘the budget is rooted’.
“We know there has been a substantial increase in revenue from previously underestimated commodity prices, lower unemployment and earlier than expected wages growth.
“What we don’t know, but senior economists such as Chris Richardson suspect is possible, is that this has been big enough to see the budget back in black.”
Read more of Paul’s Saturday politics column here:
Labor may be ‘vindicated’ by the budget, but a surplus would be cold comfort for those grappling with the cost of living | Paul KarpRead moreUpdated at 23.18 EDT1h ago22.52 EDT
Watchdog shuts down Virgin and Alliance Fifo partnership
Virgin Australia will no longer be allowed to work with Alliance Airlines to bid for fly-in, fly-out routes for the resources sector after the competition watchdog severed the five-year partnership, AAP reports.
The airlines are the second and third largest providers of Fifo services in Australia and the lack of competition could tempt them to reduce service quality or raise flight prices, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairwoman, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, said.
“The airlines have not…
2023-05-05 22:36:21
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