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Renee Hindmarsh

Executive Director, TAFE Centre of Excellence

TAFE Queensland

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Renee Hindmarsh is the Executive Director of the TAFE Centre of Excellence Health Care and Support at TAFE Queensland.

The Centre, backed by the National Skills Agreement, is a $35 million joint initiative between the Australian and Queensland Governments to address critical skill gaps in health, nursing and community services.
Renee brings extensive experience to the role, having held senior positions including South Australian Skills Commissioner, Deputy Chief Executive at Universities Australia, and member of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulatory Advisory Council.
With a strong track record of aligning industry, education and government priorities, Renee is dedicated to fostering impactful national partnerships that drive training and research initiatives to support Australia’s critical essential care and support sector.

World Café CoCreating the Future Workforce: Global Ideas, Local Solutions

Tuesday 5 May
3.15pm

Precis

Step into a World Café–style session shining a spotlight on one of aged care’s biggest opportunities: strengthening our workforce supply. Participants, providers and international experts will rotate through themed tables exploring how we can attract more people into the sector, open new pathways, build skills, and reimagine roles to make the most of the talent we have. Along the way, conversations will spark fresh thinking about how capability and training can evolve—even amid ongoing workforce shortages—to help grow a confident, resilient and futureready workforce.