The Australian Government’s Productivity Commission (PC) has released a flawed interim report on the National Skills and Workforce Development Agreement.
That’s the view of Community Colleges Australia (CCA) and Australian VET experts (see below), following a review of the interim report, which was released on Friday 5 June.
“The Productivity Commission has a...
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US protests highlight continuation of high Indigenous Australian incarceration rates
CCA’s CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, comments on recent news:
The extraordinary and saddening news from the USA about protests and demonstrations in at least 140 American cities, focussed on police brutality and the economic deprivation of African-Americans, has illustrated again the unhappy history of Australian Aboriginal and Torres...
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Prime Minister announces training priorities for a post-pandemic Australia
Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressed Australian vocational education and training (VET) and employment challenges in his talk at the National Press Club on 26 May 2020. He also announced a “JobMaker” program.
Selections from the Prime Minister’s speech follow:
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Vocational Education and Training
“We will all have to have to retrain, to live...National Reconciliation Week: In This Together
Message from Reconciliation Australia |
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 2020 will be celebrated entirely online, a way of life we have all become very familiar with in the past couple of months. The theme for #NRW2020 – In this together – is now resonating in ways we could not have foreseen when we announced it last...
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Western Australia announces review of skills, training and workforce development
The Western Australian Government has announced an urgent review of skills, training and workforce development in response to COVID-19.
"This review will provide a direct line to Government for the State's business and industry stakeholders who have made it clear they want to communicate their training needs and to see responses implemented,”...
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NSW community education providers propose funding for shovel ready infrastructure projects
Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has compiled a comprehensive list of “shovel ready” infrastructure maintenance projects that will support the NSW economy and train the state’s most vulnerable workers.
The list comprises part of a submission to the NSW Government to create a $4.8 million fund for the state’s not-for-profit adult and community...
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