Acronyms and abbreviations

Artificial Intelligence

Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program

Australian Industry and Skills Committee

Australian Skills Quality Authority

Autonomous vehicle

Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship

Council of Australian Governments

Department of Education, Skills and Employment

Gross Domestic Product

Global Financial Crisis

Gross Value Added

Global Value Chain

Group of Seven

High Performance Work Practice

Incentives for Australian Apprenticeships

Infrastructure Skills Legacy Program

Jobs and Regional Growth Fund

National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development

National Careers Institute

National Centre for Vocational Education Research

Neither employed, nor in education or training

National Skills Commission

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies

Programme for International Student Assessment

Regional Development Australia

Routine-biased technical change theory

Survey of Employers who have Recently Advertised

Survey of Employers’ Recruitment Experiences

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

science, technology, engineering, mathematics

Technical and Further Education

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

Vocational Education and Training