The NSW Liberals have made four recent additional election announcements relevant to NSW community education providers: a new TAFE campus for Western Sydney, 100,000 free TAFE training courses, a commitment to a 250,000 jobs target with vocational high schools and a TAFE-run women entrepreneurs training program.
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CCA welcomes additional VET infrastructure...
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NSW Election Watch: Greens policies
The NSW Greens have developed a very detailed set of NSW election policies, which present clear priorities, with extensive detail in education. CCA has selected and edited sections of the policies relevant to education, vocational education and training (VET) and the not-for-profit community sector.
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It is unfortunate that Greens NSW education...NSW Election Watch: The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party Platform
The Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party has published a NSW education policy, which states that:
Access to education is a human right, access to quality education is a collective responsibility between educational institutions, teachers, and Government. This is to ensure that students experience a quality education that is...
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Community Colleges Australia calls for a dedicated NSW Board of Adult and Community Education
Community Colleges Australia (CCA) – the national peak organisation representing Australia’s not-for-profit community education providers – has released its NSW election policy platform with details of what the community education sector wants and needs for the sector and the state. (View the full Election Platform in html here or download a PDF here.)
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Federal Labor releases terms of reference for proposed post-secondary inquiry
Federal Labor has released the terms of reference for its proposed Inquiry into Post-Secondary Education in Australia. In her speech to the Universities Australia conference in Canberra yesterday, Labor Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for Education Tanya Plibersek spoke about Labor’s plans, if they win government. These...
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NSW Election Watch: Education and Employment Precincts
CCA is monitoring relevant announcements by all political parties in New South Wales In the run-up to the election on 23 March 2019.
Yesterday, the NSW Premier and NSW Treasurer announced plans for the “creation of an integrated Central Coast Education and Employment Precinct around a revitalised Gosford CBD with increased education...
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