- The Crisafulli Government is delivering jobs and helping Queenslanders overcome barriers to employment by backing projects aimed at growing the State's workforce.
- The latest round of the Growing Workforce Participation Fund will engage 164 employers, support 470 employees and assist 287 jobseekers across the State.
- The Crisafulli Government is delivering better services through a stronger economy and turning the tide on Labor's skills shortages by delivering training and career opportunities across Queensland.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering job opportunities to hundreds of Queenslanders with eight projects receiving funding through the latest round of the Growing Workforce Participation Fund.
The latest round of the Growing Workforce Participation Fund has backed projects which support Queenslanders to overcome barriers to employment and help businesses attract, recruit and retain workers.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering more jobs and better services through a stronger economy by helping Queenslanders get to work after Labor's decade of decline created skills shortages across industries and regions all over Queensland.
The projects focus on workforce participation, recruitment and retention across priority industries including construction, health, agriculture and community and disability services.
They will also deliver practical solutions to workforce participation challenges experienced by people with disability, young people and carers by improving workplace practices and addressing workforce priorities in regional communities.
The latest round saw more than $1.5 million in funding delivered to the following projects:
- Carers Queensland's Career Bridge to support carers into employment by helping employers create more inclusive and flexible workplaces.
- AgForce's Paddock to Payday: Agricultural Workforce Pathways Training Roadshow to connect jobseekers with agricultural employers and address workforce shortages across regional Queensland.
- Varias' Southern Downs Regional Workforce Development Strategy 2026-2031 to address skills shortages and workforce participation barriers across key regional industries.
- Social Ventures Australia's Ipswich Employer Innovation Lab to improve recruitment, onboarding and retention of young people.
- Help Enterprises' Trade UP Inclusive Pathways to create inclusive apprenticeships and traineeship pathways for people with disability and young people in construction and community services.
- Autism Queensland's Neuroinclusive Recruitment and Onboarding Project to improve recruitment and onboarding practices for neurodivergent jobseekers.
- Endeavour Foundation's Skills2Start to improve job readiness and employment retention for people with intellectual disability, particularly young people and first-time jobseekers.
- Challenge Employment and Training's Retention Support for Individual Support Workers to improve workforce retention in the aged care and disability support sectors.
Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training Ros Bates said the Growing Workforce Participation Fund provided practical support to Queenslanders and businesses.
"The Crisafulli Government is turning the tide on Labor's skills shortages and making sure Queenslanders have proper pathways to a job and that businesses have a pipeline of workers," Minister Bates said.
"We're backing these projects with more than $1.5 million to help Queenslanders overcome barriers to employment, build their skills and connect with jobs that support our economy.
"Local industries and community organisations are best placed to understand the workforce challenges in their communities and develop practical solutions."
