Have your say: Jobs and Skills Roadmap for Regional Australia - Phase 1

The Roadmap provides a framework for strategic analysis, evaluation and advice on regional Australia’s employment, education and training system.

This long-term strategic framework offers communities and policymakers the tools to shape a system that better meets local needs.

The Roadmap contains 4 key components:

• Five key vision principles that provide a clear aspiration for the jobs and skills system in regional Australia.
• 19 metrics that can be used to evaluate and monitor the jobs and skills system in regional Australia.
• Ten policy principles to inform and shape future policies.
• Emerging areas of focus for continued action going forward.

Your experiences can help shape a stronger, fairer system. By making a submission, you can:

• share what’s working well in your community
• highlight local challenges
• suggest new ideas or approaches
• help make sure regional voices are part of national decisions.

Contribute by following these 3 steps:

1. Download the Roadmap report (includes a list of guiding questions).
2. Write your response (DOC and PDF accepted).
3. Email it to: regionalworkforceassessment@jobsandskills.gov.au

Submissions close at 5pm (AEST) Thursday 2 October 2025. 

For questions or assistance, email: regionalworkforceassessment@jobsandskills.gov.au 

Your personal information is protected by law, including the Privacy Act 1988, and is collected by Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) through this consultation process for the purpose of informing iterations of the Jobs and Skills Roadmap for Regional Australia and improving the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of the jobs and skills system across Regional Australia, both now and into the future.

If you provide sensitive information through this form, you will be taken to have consented to JSA’s collection of that sensitive information.

If you include information about persons other than yourself in this form, please provide this privacy notice to them, and obtain their consent to include information about them in your submission.

Personal information collected through this form will not ordinarily be disclosed to any other agencies or organisations. If JSA wishes to publish quotes, or direct references to information you provide, it will contact you via the email address you provide to seek your consent to do so.

JSA reserves the right to not review or utilise any material submitted as part of this stakeholder consultation process.

Further information about how JSA will manage your personal information, including how to access and correct your information and how to make a complaint, can be found on the JSA’s Privacy Policy.