More men will hopefully be recruited for nursing and teaching jobs under a new "bloke quota" set by Australia’s Workforce Gender Equality Agency.

More men will hopefully be recruited for nursing and teaching jobs under a new "bloke quota" set by Australia’s Workforce Gender Equality Agency.

The federal government body has said schools and hospitals should mimic mining and rail industries, which set up quotas to hire women.

The federal government body has said schools and hospitals should mimic mining and rail industries, which set up quotas to hire women.

the push for "man power" in "women’s work" would help to facilitate change.