With the NSW electorate going to the polls tomorrow, surveys show the NSW Government and the Labor Opposition locked in a 50-50 battle. In other words, it's "too close to call".
Additional major party statements on approaches to the state's not-for-profit community education providers are now available, courtesy of
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Helping young people succeed in education
Community Colleges Australia has given its support to the “It Takes a Village” campaign developed and run by the Community Council for Australia (“the other CCA”).
The campaign aims to encourage Australians to recognise that we all have a role to play in the education of our country’s young people.
We all want...
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Why has universal support for TAFE become a centrepiece of the NSW state election?
Community Colleges Australia CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, writes the following analysis of one aspect of the NSW state election:
Why has universal support for TAFE become a major feature of this week’s New South Wales state election?
Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has reviewed and analysed the vocational education and training policies of all major political parties –...
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For-profit VET provider targeted 80% profit margin and $1.2 billion turnover
An Australian for-profit provider of vocational education and training (VET) targeted income of $100 million per month – $1.2 billion per year – and a profit margin of an outstanding 80%. This information was revealed last week in the public examinations in the Victorian Supreme Court into the collapse of Acquire...
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NSW Election Watch: NSW Nationals promise more TAFE campuses
It’s looking like a “TAFE bidding war” between the current NSW Government and the NSW Labor opposition. The latest additions is a promise by the NSW Nationals to build six more TAFE campuses across regional NSW: in Byron Bay, Cobar, Hay, Jindabyne, Nambucca Heads and West Wyalong, in addition to those campuses previously...
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NSW Election Watch: Committee for Sydney and Sydney Business Chamber election platforms
With the NSW election now less than two weeks away, a number of other research, representative and advocacy organisations are weighing in with their proposals for the future of the state.
The Committee for Sydney – an “independent think tank” – has released a 99 page election platform...
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