This submission from the Australian Logistics Council to the Victorian Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee’s Inquiry into Student Pathways to In-Demand Industries highlights critical workforce challenges facing the supply chain, freight, and logistics sector. It calls for urgent reforms to better align education and training systems with industry requirements, enhance career visibility, and expand participation among underrepresented groups. The submission identifies key barriers, including the decline in logistics qualifications, fragmented pathways between vocational education and universities, limited school-based career guidance, and persistent equity gaps across regional, gender, and socioeconomic dimensions. It presents practical recommendations to rebuild training capacity, integrate logistics into school-to-work pathways, and embed successful industry-led initiatives—such as Wayfinder—into state workforce development strategies, ensuring the sector is equipped with a skilled and resilient future workforce.