About: Don Perlgut

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) representatives have appeared before the Australian Parliament’s House of Representatives Committee on Employment Education Training Inquiry into “Adult Literacy and Its Importance”. Three representatives gave testimony on Thursday 19 August: Theresa Collignon, CCA Deputy Chair & CEO of Macquarie Community College; Kerry Johnson, CCA Board Director &...

Ahead of the National Cabinet meeting, Australia’s community sector is calling for urgent action from the federal, state and territory governments to ensure high-risk groups are not left behind in the vaccination rollout. The community sector is recommending specific vaccination targets for high-risk groups and that population and location specific data be released at least weekly. The...

(the following opinion piece was written by Dr Don Perlgut, CEO of Community Colleges Australia) Is compulsory vaccination coming to Australian post-secondary education – colleges, universities and the large (4.2 million students) vocational education and training sector? Yes, in some circumstances, given that it’s already here. Sadly, it looks like we in Australia...

In recently released research, the Good Things Foundation discovered that the most at-risk groups for digital exclusion in Australia are:

• First Nations people: In remote First Nations communities, 30% of people have no household internet or phone connection.
• Rural and remote Australians: Even with the roll-out of the NBN, only one third...

The future of the Lake Macquarie Business Growth Centre (BGC) and small business incubator has been secured, with the Central Coast Community College officially taking over the management of the centre. Located in Gateshead, the Business Growth Centre was established in 1998 operating as a not for profit...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has announced the opening of nominations for the 2021 Community Education Student of the Year Awards. Students eligible for the 2021 Awards are those who have undertaken formal study with an Australian not-for-profit community education organisation during the period 1 September 2020 through 31 August 2021, with nominations...