Former One Direction singer Harry Styles’ One Night Only show at Co-Op Live has been launched on Netflix as Harry Styles: One Night In Manchester.

The performance, in front of 20,500 fans, was filmed live in Manchester on Friday, and saw the 32-year-old perform his fourth studio album – Kiss All The Time, Disco, Occasionally – in full on the day of its release, before finishing with an encore of older tracks including some of his biggest hits.

“This is not the tour show, we don’t ever play it like this again,” Styles said in a trailer for the concert.

Styles has played One Night Only shows to celebrate the release of each of his previous albums, and the show comes ahead of his Together, Together tour, which will include 12 nights at Wembley Stadium, potentially breaking the record for most show by any artist in a year at the national stadium in London.

The global tour, beginning in May, will also see Styles perform in Amsterdam, New York, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Melbourne and Sydney.

“I’ve kind of rediscovered what a privilege it is to be in people’s lives through music over the last couple of years,” Styles told fans during the Manchester show.

“You’ve changed my life. Thank you so, so much.

“Thank you for the warmth and generosity you’ve always given towards me over the last one, two, five, 10, 15 years of my life.”

The concert was the first of its kind for the singer since the death of former bandmate Liam Payne, who fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina in October 2024.

Styles praised his fans for creating communities with hope in a world “that feels so chaotic it is so easy to become hopeless”.

“The world could do with a little extra peace right now so please do all you can,” he said.

Fans’ phones were put into bags preventing them from filming and they were handed disposable cameras as they arrived at the arena, which Styles invested in ahead of its opening in 2024.

The pop star, who grew up in nearby Cheshire, also gave 100 tickets to students from Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, where he was a pupil when he applied for The X Factor in 2010.

Others were able to earn their tickets by volunteering at community projects in Manchester.

Styles was accompanied by a band and gospel choir as he broke into dance moves during the song, which he had performed in the same venue at last week’s Brit Awards.

The show’s encore saw the star perform Golden, which he played on the guitar, and Watermelon Sugar saw an ecstatic crowd dancing and singing along before the night’s biggest crowd pleaser, number one single As It Was.

The show’s release comes after Styles made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live, sitting in the front row as actor and guest host Ryan Gosling delivered his opening monologue at the start of the US sketch show on Saturday.

The local share market has plunged and oil prices have surged as the US-Israeli war on Iran intensifies.

In early trading on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 3.2 per cent to 8,566.3, its lowest level since mid-December after nearly $100 billion in value was erased from the bourse’s market capitalisation.

The losses put the index on track for its worst day since April 2025, when the ASX200 plunged 4.2 per cent amid Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war.

Brent crude spiked to $US107 a barrel, the commodity’s highest price since August 2022.

It had been changing hands at just over $60 at the start of 2026.

The strategic implications of the spiralling war in Iran were multi-faceted but the economic ones could be reduced to oil markets and supply shocks, Capital.com analyst Kyle Rodda said. 

“Increasingly, energy supply is being threatened, mostly due to disrupted trade flow through the Strait of Hormuz, but now increasingly because of attacks on energy infrastructure as a tactic of war,” he said.

Every sector of the ASX was in the red except for energy, which was up 1.6 per cent.

The materials sector, which includes mining, was the biggest loser, dropping 4.7 per cent.

BHP was down 5.4 per cent, Rio Tinto retreated 4.2 per cent and Fortescue lost 3.4 per cent.

Gold wasn’t proving to be much of a safe haven, with the yellow metal changing hands for $US5,082 an ounce, down $75 from Friday. 

Goldminers Evolution and Northern Star were down 5.0 per cent and 4.3 per cent respectively.

Copper miners Sandfire and Capstone were the biggest losers in the ASX200 in morning trade, both with losses of slightly over nine per cent.

All of the big four banks were deep in the red, with CBA falling 3.8 per cent, NAB and Westpac losing 3.4 per cent and ANZ subtracting 3.1 per cent.

Just seven companies – all in the energy sector – out of the 200 in the ASX’s main benchmark were in the green at about 11am.

Woodside was up 2.0 per cent, Santos had climbed 2.1 per cent and Whitehaven Coal lifted 3.1 per cent.

Karoon Energy was the biggest gainer, climbing 9.1 per cent.

The losses put the ASX200 down 1.8 per cent since the start of the year.

Oil prices have eclipsed $US100 per barrel for the first time in more than three and a half years as the Iran war hinders production and shipping in the Middle East.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was at $US101.19 ($A144.78) shortly after trading resumed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Monday, up 9.2 per cent from its settlement price of $US92.69 ($A132.62) on Friday.

West Texas Intermediate, the light, sweet crude oil produced in the United States, was selling for about $US107.06 ($A153.18) a barrel.

That’s 16.2 per cent higher than its Friday settlement price of $US90.90 ($A130.06).

Both could rise or fall as market trading continues.

The increases followed US crude prices jumping by 36 per cent and Brent crude prices rising 28 per cent last week.

Oil prices have surged as the war, now in its second week, ensnared countries and places that are critical to the production and movement of oil and gas from the Persian Gulf.

Roughly 15 million barrels of crude oil – about 20 per cent of the world’s oil – typically are shipped every day through the Strait of Hormuz, according to independent research firm Rystad Energy.

The threat of Iranian missile and drone attacks has all but stopped tankers from travelling through the strait, which is bordered in the north by Iran, carry oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Iran.

Iraq, Kuwait and the UAE have cut their oil production as storage tanks fill due to the reduced ability to export crude. Iran, Israel and the United States also have attacked oil and gas facilities since the war started, exacerbating supply concerns.

The last time US crude futures traded above $US100 ($A143) per barrel was June 30, 2022, when the price reached $US105.76 ($A151.32). For Brent, it was July 29, 2022, when the price hit $US104 ($A149) per barrel.

The global surge in oil prices since Israel and the US attacked Iran on March 1 has rattled financial markets, sparking worries that higher energy costs will fuel inflation and lead to less spending by US consumers, the main engine of the economy.

In the US, a gallon of regular gasoline rose to $US3.45 ($A4.94) on Sunday, about 47 cents more than a week earlier, according to AAA motor club. Diesel was selling for about $US4.60 ($A6.58) a gallon, a weekly increase of about 83 cents.

The price of natural gas has also climbed, though not as much as oil. It rose about 11 per cent last week and ended Friday at $US3.19 ($A4.56) per 1,000 cubic feet.

If oil prices stay above $US100 ($A143) per barrel, some analysts and investors say it could be too much for the global economy to withstand.

Over the weekend, Israel’s military struck oil depots in Tehran and four oil storage tankers and a petroleum transfer terminal.

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, said the war’s impact on the oil industry would spiral, warning it soon could become harder to produce and sell oil.

Iran exports roughly 1.6 million barrels of oil a day, mostly to China, which may need to look elsewhere for supply if Iran’s exports are disrupted, another factor that could increase energy prices.

Safeguarding against missile and drone attacks and relieving pressure on the Strait of Hormuz could be tasks for Australian forces if they are deployed to the Middle East.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed the government has received requests for aid from allies under attack during Iranian strikes.

While the minister says Australia will not be part of any ground-troop deployment, other military requests are being considered.

“You would anticipate, as a consequence, that we have been asked for assistance, and we will work through that carefully,” Senator Wong said on Sunday.

“If a decision is made, I’m sure that we will be transparent with the Australian people.”

Iran has launched strikes against neighbouring countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain following US and Israel-led attacks, which killed the country’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Jennifer Parker, an expert associate at the Australian National University’s national security college, said Australian forces would likely be sought to relieve pressure on the militaries of allied regimes.

“I would suspect that we will try and assist with the issues of missile and drone detection, and potentially missile and drone interception,” she told AAP.

“We could consider deploying fighter jets to the region to help defend the Gulf countries against these attacks. That would probably be the most effective deployment for Australia.

“That comes with some complications in terms of stressing that they’re being used for defensive, rather than offensive, roles.”

Australian forces could also be used to provide support in getting oil through the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of world supplies travel.

Iran has been blocking access to the strait following the attacks, leading to petrol and diesel price spikes.

If Australian defence personnel were sent to the region, it was unlikely to put them at greater risk of attack, Ms Parker said.

“Australia is considered as allied with the US anyway, and so therefore, because of that relationship, Iran would consider Australians as targets in the same way that they have in some of the Gulf countries,” she said.

Events in the Middle East will cast a shadow over Australia’s economy with the widening conflict potentially impacting inflation.

While this week will feature a lull in the volume of major data released, developments in the Middle East will be watched keenly by the Reserve Bank for any sign of impact on domestic markets.

The central bank’s governor, Michele Bullock, warned on Tuesday it would be too early to tell what the effect would be, with supply shocks adding to inflation pressures.

“The potential implications for inflation expectations are something we are very alert to,” she said.

“But at the same time, a prolonged impact on energy markets could have adverse effects on global economic activity and result in downward pressure on inflation.”

Petrol prices jumped in Australian capitals following US-Israeli strikes in the Middle East, with Iran threatening to attack vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, of which one fifth of the world’s oil supply passes through.

While inflation has remained steady at 3.8 per cent, underlying inflation, which is the preferred measure of the Reserve Bank, rose in January to 3.4 per cent, still well above the bank’s target of two to three per cent.

The situation prompted Ms Bullock to say the next interest rate decision on March 17 will be “live”, raising the prospect of back-to-back hikes in the cash rate.

Off the back of household spending figures rising slightly in January, the coming week will deliver fresh figures on consumer sentiment.

Westpac’s consumer confidence survey for March will be released on Tuesday, with economists tipping a fall of 1.1 per cent for the month.

The survey will cover the first full month since the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 3.85 per cent at its February meeting.

February’s data displayed signs consumers were easing back spending in preparations for rate hikes.

NAB’s business confidence report will also be issued on Tuesday.

The previous release, in February, showed business confidence on the rise but conditions falling, driven by declines in profitability.

Meanwhile, Wall Street investors are jittery over labour market setbacks and a 12 per cent spike in prices at fuel the bowser.

All three main indexes closed down on Friday, with a disappointing payrolls report intensifying worries over economic cooling and the Middle ‌East situation pushing up energy costs.

The ‌Dow Jones Industrial Average ‌fell 0.95 per cent to 47,501.55 ⁠points, the S&P 500 lost 1.33 per cent to ​6,740.00 and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 1.59 per cent to 22,387.68.

Australian share futures plunged 135 points, or 1.52 per cent, to 15,737.

The S&P/ASX200 fell 89.3 points on Friday, down one per cent, to 8,851, as the broader All Ordinaries lost 79.8 points, or 0.87 per cent, to 9,085.1.

It was the top-200’s worst weekly performance since early April 2025.

More Australians are returning from the Middle East despite air space briefly being closed due to renewed missile strikes in the region.

A flight from Dubai to Melbourne with 151 Australians on board is due to arrive on Sunday afternoon, while another flight will land in Sydney later in the evening.

A further two flights are expected to leave Dubai, pending the United Arab Emirates’ airspace remaining open.

The departures follow Dubai’s international airport being briefly closed on Saturday night, Australian time, after the latest round of Iranian missile and drone attacks in the region.

More than 1500 Australians have arrived home on flights from the UAE since international services resumed.

Australians have also been bussed out of the Qatari capital Doha, the base for Virgin Australia’s partner Qatar Airways, to Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh.

Three buses carrying 92 Australian citizens, permanent residents and their families have departed.

Assistant Foreign Minister Matt Thistlethwaite said commercial flights were still the best way for Australians to leave the Middle East.

But he admitted the cost of some flights might be a factor in people not being able to return, with some planes departing with large numbers of empty seats.

“We’ve seen that some of those flights haven’t been full. We’ve seen the cost of tickets,” he told Sky News on Sunday.

“We’re pretty disappointed to be honest and we’ve made that disappointment known to the airlines.”

“The first thing is to maintain your booking on your flight. If you’ve already got one booked, then they shouldn’t be able to jack up the prices.”

Some 115,000 Australians were in the Middle East when the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, killing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iran returned fire in retaliation across the region.

Australian Travel Industry Association chief executive Dean Long said flights leaving with empty seats should not be a concern.

“The good news is there’s not a huge number of people that we should consider stuck in the transit hub,” he told AAP.

“The people that are primarily in the Middle East now are choosing to be in the Middle East because that’s where they live.”

Meanwhile, federal government ministers have downplayed the presence of three Australian defence personnel on a US nuclear submarine when it struck an Iranian ship near Sri Lanka.

Mr Thistlethwaite said it was a normal rotation for the defence crews as part of the AUKUS security pact, but would not say how senior the personnel were.

Opposition frontbencher Claire Chandler said the coalition was supportive of the role Australian defence crews were playing.

“It’s fair to expect that our Australian Navy personnel would be working with US counterparts, particularly within the context of AUKUS,” she said.

Natalie MacDonald was six weeks back from maternity leave when a group email landed at 1am saying she’d been made redundant.

After seven years at global tech company LinkedIn, the 36-year-old Sydney mum’s role as a senior news editor was one of many scrapped as the organisation leaned into artificial intelligence investment.

Australian-headquartered companies have flagged similar cuts.

Logistics technology provider WiseTech will slash 2000 roles as part of its AI transformation, while Commonwealth Bank and Telstra have announced hundreds of roles will go.

Roughly one in three Australians are worried they will lose their job to AI in the next five years, according to research by Ranstad.

When the bad news hit Ms McDonald’s inbox in May 2025, she was in a good place in herself.

“People talk about the multiple stages of grief you go through when you are made redundant and I fortunately never had that bit of shame attached,” she tells AAP.

“I was always really confident in the fact I was good at my job, the work I did aligned with my values, I had left nothing on the table.”

She set about leveraging her 35,000 LinkedIn followers and 115,000 newsletter subscribers to launch Working @ It.

The consultancy helps organisations and leaders with brand narrative and messaging, and supports individuals to future-proof themselves in a rapidly changing world.

Since launching the company in August, Ms MacDonald has helped over 200 people through workshops or one-on-one training.

She’s appeared on podcasts and supported clients from PR firms, to political leaders and athletes.

People who lose their job but have given their best should be confident it isn’t their fault, she says.

“This wasn’t about you; you are one cog in a big machine.

“It was your role that was eliminated.”

Ms MacDonald recommends employees attend industry events and conferences to get a sense of what leaders think are the future skills they’ll need.

It is also crucial to continue building professional networks.

“It’s that network that is potentially going to connect you with your next role,” Ms MacDonald says.

“So, recognising that idea of controlling the things that you can control and the knowledge you’re taking, on and how you demonstrate your own expertise outwardly.”

Humans have several advantages over AI, such as strategic thinking, culture-setting and asking follow-up questions.

“It is also being able to hear what’s not being said in a room, as much as what is being said,” Ms MacDonald says.

One in three Australians believe their job prospects have worsened during the past year, according to Ranstad research.

However, businesses are also seeking human skills alongside technical know-how and proficiency in AI tools, according to Ranstad’s public sector and business support director Amelia O’Carrigan.

“Employers are looking for skills like analytical thinking, someone’s natural curiosity, their lifelong learning, their creative thinking, their agility, their flexibility,” she tells AAP.

Ranstad’s research found mid-career Generation X (aged 46-61) and Millennials (30-45) are the most concerned about their jobs disappearing.

Conversely, most baby boomers (62-80) are either in or approaching retirement or working senior roles that depended on human judgment and critical thinking.

Generation Z, aged roughly between 14 and 29, are less concerned and viewed as highly flexible, tech savvy and open to taking on different and sometimes multiple roles.

Ultimately, layoffs are inevitable, according to David Phillips, partner marketing, data and technology lead at Deloitte Australia

“There can’t not be an impact on the number and the type of people you employ,” he says.

However, even Agentic AI – autonomous systems more advanced than the first two AI “epochs” of machine learning and large language models – still need humans to oversee the technology’s output.

“Even if you are getting really high … results, we would always recommend keeping a human in the loop, particularly as it relates to anything that touches customers but also middle and back office,” Mr Phillips says.

Smart companies will continue investing in people but to play a more strategic role in thinking about clients, customers and bigger problems within organisations, he says.

In-store retail staff, already in short supply across Australia, are unlikely to be impacted by the technology.

In the future, AI agents will likely assist both businesses and individuals as employees, planners and shopping assistants, providing an “infinite workforce” at any single person’s disposal, Mr Phillips says.

“What that means as individuals move out of the more menial day-to-day tasks, is that they should have greater oversight of what’s coming through that machinery,” he says.

“I don’t think anyone in the world’s recommending removing humans from the loop right now, certainly not us.”

Back in Sydney, Ms Macdonald is working with multiple teams at a television network, the latest in a long and varied line of jobs through her consultancy.

“What I’m doing at the moment is is a bit of a portfolio career,” she says.

“In a way, I’m still figuring it out.”

The Liberal Party has fallen behind in reaching younger voters, its new leader concedes, but the focus will be on changing its campaigning strategies rather than policies.

Angus Taylor used his first major speech to the party faithful on Saturday to outline a digital-first campaign strategy to reach voters long before the next election.

Targeted messages to show disillusioned voters the Liberals are a party for all will be the focus of his leadership, Mr Taylor told the NSW Liberal State Council.

“We’ve fallen behind in collecting and using data and we’ve fallen behind in reaching Australians where they are – their phones, in their feeds and in the online spaces where views are shaped well before an election occurs,” Mr Taylor said.

The Liberals have long understood they need to appeal to younger voters to remain relevant in the political landscape.

The latest Redbridge poll on Sunday showed support for the party at less than 15 per cent among generation Z and millennial voters.

Mr Taylor admitted the party made mistakes leading up to the 2025 election.

Chief among them was a failure to announce policies with enough time for voters to consider them, something he has vowed to rectify.

Persuading younger demographics the Liberals are a viable electoral option will be Mr Taylor’s defining challenge as leader.

“The Liberal Party must attract, must retain and must empower dedicated Australians from all walks of life,” he said.

“We must return to being a grassroots … party that is a natural home to everyday Australians.”

While the campaigning strategy looked ahead, many of the policies flagged by Mr Taylor echoed culture war issues already deemed unsavoury by much of the electorate.

He called for the “elimination of classroom indoctrination” and said part of his mission was to emphasise the importance of “standing in front of an Australian flag”.

The eradication of the “nanny state” was also floated as a result of a future coalition government.

With a threat from One Nation lurking on the party’s right, Mr Taylor was keen to spruik immigration as a key concern.

“Numbers are too high and standards are too low,” he said.

Islamist extremism was singled out, with Mr Taylor saying the repatriation of any of the women and children in Syria “must never happen”.

Mr Taylor repeatedly paid tribute to NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane, particularly her efforts to drive housing policy.

However, Ms Sloane did not mention her federal counterpart during her speech, choosing instead to focus on her more imminent election challenge in March 2027.

“It has been 100 years since a first-term government was overturned in New South Wales,” she said at the council.

“But … change is required in NSW, because the reality is that in our state, too many people feel like they’re playing a game that they can’t win.”

Both leaders will hope the rousing receptions they received from the party faithful in Sydney are a much-needed good omen for their futures.

Australians stranded in Qatar will soon be able to bus to Saudi Arabia as the federal government works to bring citizens home safely from the Middle East.

With Qatari airspace closed, Assistant Immigration Minister Matt Thistlethwaite said bus transfers from Doha to Riyadh would become available.

“We’ve made a safety assessment that the opportunity for people to return home is much better in Riyadh, because there’s larger openings of airspace,” the assistant minister told reporters on Saturday.

Once in the Saudi Arabian city, travellers will need to secure seats on commercial flights back to Australia.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will provide “basic” accommodation support.

Bus transits out of Kuwait are also being considered.

Mr Thistlethwaite said the government was exploring “all options” to return thousands of Australians stranded due to the conflict, including government-commissioned repatriation flights.

For now, commercial flights remain the best option.

“The Australian consular officials in the region and DFAT officials here at home are working 24/7 to ensure that we can do all we can to support Australians to return home,” Mr Thistlethwaite said.

The comments follow claims by exhausted Australians returning from the strife-torn region that airlines have been of more help to them than the government.

The first flight to Australia from Abu Dhabi landed in Sydney on Friday morning with only a third of its seats filled.

Etihad EY450 passenger Julie Pearce questioned whether the government was working with airlines to fill the few planes leaving.

She said she was only able to get on the 300-seat Boeing Dreamliner through her daughter, who used to work for the Emirati airline and had a connection.

“They could have got a lot of people on there this morning and they didn’t,” Ms Pearce said.

Fellow passenger Trudy Schipelliti also questioned efforts to fill the planes.

“It was pretty disgusting because there are a lot of people waiting to get out,” she said.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she was disappointed at reports flights were arriving with hundreds of empty seats.

Twelve regional countries have been attacked by Iran in the past week, including Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

As of Saturday morning Sydney time, 1324 Australians had returned on eight flights from the Middle East since Wednesday.

Further services are scheduled, subject to increased drone and missile activity, from Dubai to both Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday.

The department has meanwhile opened registrations for its Crisis Portal for Australians in Bahrain, Kuwait and Lebanon, in addition to Iran, Israel, Qatar and the UAE.

Smartraveller continues to advise Australians not to travel to Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, the UAE and Yemen.

The federal opposition has called for government-commissioned repatriation flights.

There are 24,000 Australian travellers and residents in the UAE, with about 115,000 across the broader Middle East.

Charlotte Ancell had done everything had been expected of her.

She attended a prestigious all-girls school after her family pulled together to fund her enrolment. She worked hard, finished with a good score and went to university – following a well-worn path to a professional career.

But something wasn’t sitting right.

“I’m not sure where it came from but I remember crying about my future and not knowing what to do and calling my mum and bursting out, ‘I just want to be a tradie!’ Ms Ancell, 23, told AAP.

Without anyone in her family or close community working in a trade, Ms Ancell had to fight hard to recalibrate the trajectory of her career.

“My school had a very narrow view of what success looked like. It was a very academic environment,” she said.

“The word TAFE was laughed at – people would scoff at you if you mentioned you might want to go to TAFE because university was really the only path that was encouraged.”

It definitely wasn’t something she considered growing up.

Yet she had always been drawn to hands-on work and knew she didn’t want to work in an office, so after her moment of clarity, Ms Ancell quit her degree and began applying for apprenticeships. 

But breaking into the industry wasn’t straightforward.

“I applied for about a year and I got rejected over and over again because I had no experience,” she said.

Eventually, a skills and aptitude test resulted in an interview and an apprenticeship with builders and fitters specialists Rintoul followed.

Now in the third year of a Certificate III in shopfitting through TAFE NSW, Ms Ancell is working on major construction projects and thriving in a field she once never imagined entering.

Her story reflects a broader shift taking place across the industry.

Data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research shows the number of women enrolling in construction trades courses in NSW has more than doubled in the five years to 2025.

The figures come as the sector marks Women in Construction Week from March 1 to 7 before International Women’s Day on March 8.

Despite the growing numbers, construction remains heavily male-dominated, and Ms Ancell said entering the industry could still feel daunting.

“There’s always an anxiety going into it, knowing that in every room you’re going to be a minority,” she said.

“But it’s definitely daunting and incredibly rewarding.”

She said the experience had helped build her confidence.

“My self-assuredness has gone up exponentially,” she said.

Ms Ancell said supportive colleagues and teachers had played a major role in helping her settle into the industry.

“The teachers at TAFE are incredibly supportive of women,” she said.

Executive director of teaching and learning in construction and energy at TAFE NSW, Jennifer Perkins – herself a qualified electrician – said increasing female participation was essential to meeting workforce demand.

“TAFE NSW is training the majority of women entering construction-based trades in Sydney, and increasing female participation isn’t just important, it’s essential to meeting industry demand and growing the workforce,” she said.

“More women on worksites strengthens teams, boosts productivity and supports the long-term future of the industry.”

NSW Skills and TAFE Minister Steve Whan said encouraging more women into trades would help address labour shortages.

“The construction industry needs more skilled workers and supporting more women to enter, train and thrive in the sector is critical to meeting that demand,” he said.