Monthly Archives: November 2016

CCA’s successful October conference was covered by mainstream and social media stories: The Hon John Barilaro MP on Twitter (John Barilaro is Leader of the NSW Nationals, Deputy Premier of NSW, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Skills, Minister for Small Business, Member for the Monaro): “Great to talk about the fantastic work community colleges...

Monica Laurence, founder of Turtle Talks and former Head of Strategic Development for Lucasfilm in California, gave last month’s CCA conference closing address.  In her talk, following the conference’s movie theme, she drew from the wisdom of Yoda (“Star Wars”), and has posted the following summary on her Facebook page: Last month I gave...

CCA recently hosted South Korea researchers visiting Australia, who are studying lifelong and adult education.  Dr Hye-Sook Lee from The Seoul Institute and Yong-Moon Jung (Faculty of Education & Social Work, University of Sydney) met with Evelyn Goodwin, CCA’s Manager of VET Policy and Programs, on 29 October 2016. During the meeting, Evelyn provided an overview...

Community Council for Austrlia Chair Tim Costello launched the first report or AusWeWant on 27 October 2016 - the first ever benchmark of how Australia, and each State and Territory, is performing against values prioritised by leaders in the charities and not for profit sector.   You can read the report here....