About: Don Perlgut

With the Commonwealth Government Budget announced, followed by the Opposition Leader’s Budget Reply Speech, national political and economic debates are getting hotter. Last week Community Colleges Australia (CCA) analysed what the Commonwealth Budget means for Australia’s not-for-profit community education providers. This week, CCA CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, analyses Opposition...

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has significantly tightened the rules and procedures to become an Australian Registered Training Organisation (RTO). The ASQA increased scrutiny on new applications for RTO registration comes into effect on 1 July 2018. ASQA’s notice, dated 1 May 2018, reads: “Vocational education and training (VET) and the education of overseas students...

CCA’s CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, provides the following analysis of this year’s Commonwealth Budget and its implications for Australia's not-for-profit community education providers. ********** The Commonwealth Government’s 2018/19 Budget – announced last night (Tuesday 8 May) – brings a mixed bag for Australia’s not-for-profit community education providers, with little joy or...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has outlined the educational equity goals of its members at a “Go8” Social Policy Roundtable on 30 April 2018. The Roundtable – a partnership with the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) – is underpinned by a “shared values base arising from a joint commitment to a fair,...

The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has restated its call for a comprehensive national review of Australian vocational education and training (VET). Such a review will “underpin future funding arrangements, along with improved data and transparency to help stakeholders make more informed decisions.” CEDA’s Professor Rodney Maddock spoke at CCA’s annual conference in...