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Skills Training and Apprenticeships Education TAFE

Liberal Nationals to get Gippsland students back on track

An elected Liberal Nationals Government will fix training in Gippsland. Shadow Minister for Training, Skills and Apprenticeships Steph Ryan announced today an elected Liberal Nationals...

Skills Training and Apprenticeships 2018 election commitment Micro-credentials

Securing Victoria’s economy with skills and experience

A Liberal Nationals Government will seek to upskill more Victorians by investigating new and innovative approaches to training. If elected, we’ll examine targeted funding for...

Skills Training and Apprenticeships

Training in Victoria nosediving after Daniel Andrews’ cuts

Students have lost confidence in Victoria’s training system under Labor, as enrolments tank. The latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER),...

Skills Training and Apprenticeships Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship numbers fall as Labor cuts training budget

Victoria’s training sector is declining under Labor with new data showing apprenticeship commencements dropped by 16.1 per cent between 2016 and 2017. Victoria saw the...

Skills Training and Apprenticeships TAFE

Labor’s desperate blame game puts training crisis bacon the agenda

Daniel Andrews’ Training Minister Gayle Tierney has accused the adult and community sector of telling “porky pies”, after providers raised concerns about being excluded from...

Skills Training and Apprenticeships TAFE

Education Legislation Amendment (Victorian Institute of Teaching, TAFE and Other Matters) Bill 2018

 It is my pleasure today to rise to contribute to the Education Legislation Amendment (Victorian Institute of Teaching, TAFE and Other Matters) Bill 2018. The...

Skills Training and Apprenticeships TAFE GOTAFE

Eight months of GOTAFE investigation comes to nothing

The Shepparton, Benalla, Seymour, Wangaratta and Weribee communities have been denied the full detail of investigations into GOTAFE. Daniel Andrews and his Training and Skills...

Skills Training and Apprenticeships TAFE 2018 State Budget

Daniel Andrews’ TAFE fix too little, too late

For more than three years Daniel Andrews has done nothing on TAFE but six months out from the election he’s suddenly showing an interest. Daniel...

Skills Training and Apprenticeships

Labor’s got no explanation for $500m cuts to training

Victorian Training Minister Gayle Tierney has refused to detail the extent of her cuts to the state’s training budget, despite the Andrews Government being asked...

Skills Training and Apprenticeships

Half a billion missing from the education department

Victoria’s training budget was underspent by hundreds of millions of dollars in 2016-17 but no one seems to know where the money has gone. Asked...