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The Mapping the Digital Gap project, established through the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, is the first comprehensive study of remote First Nations communities’ participation in, and access to, the digital economy. It covers key survey results and indicators of the digital gap, and analysis of results across the three dimensions of digital inclusion including digital ability.
Mapping the digital gap: 2023 outcomes report Since 2021 the Australian Sports Commission has released an annual sport governance benchmarking report. The governance skills of Australian sporting staff are seen as increasingly important to develop. This best practice report is indicating progressive governance skill development across 9 measurement principles. The 2023 report shows an improvement in governance performance across 32 national sporting organisations with an overall increased focus on sport integrity and child safeguarding, and a drop in board diversity and evaluation processes.
The Australian Government has released its 2023 Intergenerational report. With economic and population predictions indicating pressure in having an aging population such as staff resource challenges to support this age group, reduction in workers paying tax compared to a higher non-working population and the need for workplaces to cater for workers that may be working longer than previous generations. There are indications that the workplace will be more gender supportive and have strategies implemented to manage climate change impacts.
The National Drowning Report 2023 by Royal Life Saving Australia, in conjunction with Surf Life Saving Australia, has indicated a 17% decrease in drownings on last year. There is however continued focus on the need to develop water safety skills in the community, swimming between the red and yellow flags at patrolled beaches and taking safety precautions when participating in water activities.
This report draws upon findings from an Australian Research Council–funded research project that sought to identify where the craft skills required to sustain and grow future making are located across the national economy. The report identifies a lack of skilled expertise and thus opportunities in the Australian making workforce, and highlights that despite declines, the sector contributes nearly $20 billion gross value add to the Australian economy annually.
This article for The Conversation explores the impacts of AI on First Nations visual arts, and Indigenous knowledge can protect First Nations data sovereignty.
The Deloitte AI institute has published a thought provoking report on the current and future impact of AI on learning and work. the report poses the following 'guard rail' questions;
The report, authored by Mike Bechtel, Managing Director and Chief Futurist at Deloitte consulting presents a compelling argument for those outside technology specific work to become AI fluent as it begins to permeate every aspect of work. The McKell Institute has published a report into wage theft in Australia, flagging it as a significant area of consideration as the Commonwealth government initiates its Industrial Relations legislation.
The Centre for Future Work have released a new report, The Case for Investing in Public Schools: The Economic and Social Benefits of Public Schooling in Australia, which highlights the impacts of chronic underinvestment and the opportunities to be found in renewed efforts to properly fund public schooling, including the labour market and productivity gains resulting from a more educated workforce.
Read more and access the report The Australian Information Industry Association have released a white paper describing the tech sector's contribution to a new zero economy.
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