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Inequality in Australia: What can vocational education and training do about it?

Inequality of wealth and income. It's blamed for everything from the election of Donald Trump as President of the USA to the passage of 'Brexit' to the growth of political third parties in Australia. CCA’s CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, recently presented at the NCVER “No Frills” conference on the topic “Inequality in Australia: What can vocational...

July 12, 2022

Audit Express to shine at CCA September Conference

Audit Express – a company that specialises in regulatory compliance, governance, quality assurance and risk management – is excited to be sponsoring and presenting at the upcoming CCA 2022 Conference in Sydney. The Audit Express team has grown significantly over the past few...

July 12, 2022

Time to get serious about ventilation and air quality in training and post-secondary education

In the following article, Dr Don Perlgut, CCA’s CEO, argues that Australia is not doing enough to improve clean air in post-secondary education and training environments. Given the COVID-19 pandemic will be with us for a very long time to come, he advocates that training providers and universities need to invest...

July 6, 2022

NCVER No Frills Conference Looks to How Australian VET Can Transform the Future

The National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER) Annual “No Frills” conference opens on Wednesday, 6 July for a three-day fully online event on the theme “VET’s role in transforming the future”. Featured speakers include Sophie Renton, social researcher, trends analyst and Managing Director at McCrindle Research; Alex Jackson, Executive Designer...

July 2, 2022

Australian aged care is in crisis with a shortfall of 35,000 workers this year alone

Australia’s aged care crisis is worse than expected with the sector facing a shortfall of around 35,000 direct aged care workers this year alone, according to a new report by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). The report, Duty of care: Aged care sector in crisis, finds the annual staff...

June 28, 2022

Social Capital Returns with the Labor Government and Assistant Charities Minister Dr Andrew Leigh

In the following article, CCA’s CEO, Dr Don Perlgut writes that the concept of increasing social capital and tackling inequality has returned to Australian public conversation and political life with the arrival of the new Labor government in Canberra, articulated by Dr Andrew Leigh, new Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury.

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June 28, 2022

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Inequality in Australia: What can vocational education and training do about it?

Audit Express to shine at CCA September Conference

Time to get serious about ventilation and air quality in training and post-secondary education

NCVER No Frills Conference Looks to How Australian VET Can Transform the Future

Australian aged care is in crisis with a shortfall of 35,000 workers this year alone

Social Capital Returns with the Labor Government and Assistant Charities Minister Dr Andrew Leigh

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