VOCATIONAL EDUCATION – GOVERNMENT POLICY – AUSTRALIA

PM targets red tape, IR reform

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Original article by Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 24-Jun-19

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will use a speech on 24 June to signal that the federal government may be open to industrial relations reform. He will stress that any such reforms must be evidence-based and protect the rights and entitlements of workers, and he will urge the business sector to build a case for workplace reforms. Morrison will also commit to a review of regulatory and bureaucratic processes that deter companies from investing in their business, while he will identify changes to the vocational training sector as a priority for the Council of Australian Governments.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (INCORPORATED)

Bias against vocational training needs fixing

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Original article by Rachel Baxendale
The Australian – Page: 6 : 21-Jan-19

Former New Zealand skills minister Steven Joyce is currently reviewing the vocational education and training sector for the federal government. Submissions to his review are due by 25 January, and he is due to present his findings in March. Joyce says it has become clear to him that there is a bias against VET in Australia in favour of universities, and that he was surprised about the lack of information on VET pathways being given to school leavers.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

VET’s ‘poor cousin’ status must end

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Original article by Joanna Mather
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 12 : 29-Oct-15

The Federal Government should increase funding for vocational education and training (VET), says Business Council of Australia CEO Jennifer Westacott. She told the Higher Education Summit on 28 October 2015 that VET is as important as tertiary education and should be treated accordingly. Peter Noonan, a professorial fellow with the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University, advocates the introduction of a universal loan scheme for students and apprentices.

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BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. MITCHELL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND EDUCATION POLICY

Government cracks down on dodgy private colleges

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Original article by Tim Dodd
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 : 16-Oct-15

The Australian Government has introduced a bill in Parliament to make it easier to cancel students loans that are issued under the VET FEE HELP scheme. Vocational Education and Skills Minister Luke Hartsuyker said on 15 October 2015 that said the bill will offer students more protection against unscrupulous private colleges.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AUSTRALIAN CAREERS NETWORK LIMITED – ASX ACO