The Loop: Jobs summit wraps up, Kanye West returns to Instagram, and the Lord of the … – ABC

Hi there. It’s Friday, September 2, and you’re reading The Loop, a quick wrap-up of today’s news.Let’s start here: The jobs summit has come to an endIt’s been spoken about for weeks, but after a whirlwind two days the Jobs and Skills Summit has finished in Canberra. Here’s a quick wrap of the developments from today:The federal government will pour $36.1 million into visa processing to speed up the approvals process. Immigration Minister Andrew Giles says that will help increase staffing levels by 500 people over the next five months to help drive down the wait time for temporary skilled visas, student visas and working-holiday visasSpeaking of immigration, the government also announced it would review Australia’s immigration system and it would provide more detail in the coming weeksBoosting workforce participation was also in the spotlight today, with a focus on removing barriers to employment for First Nations people and people living with disabilityAustralian of the Year and disability advocate Dylan Alcott also called for those living with disability not to be overlooked for employment, saying: “We have higher retention rates and lower absenteeism, and yet the unemployment is more than double … that of able-bodied people” Australian of the Year and disability advocate Dylan…
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