Students, unions join forces at ’Gong TAFE protest
18 May 2021
Section: News
Wollongong TAFE and university students and staff – with support from South Coast Labour Council unions – were out in force on Friday, 14 May, to protest the Federal Government’s Budget measures.
Minister to face daily reminder that TAFE teachers are awaiting wage rise
8 November 2020
Section: News
TAFE members will begin a sit-in at the front of NSW Skills Minister Geoffrey Lee’s Parramatta office from Monday (9 November).
Too many announcements, no results
4 November 2020
Section: News
The 2020 federal Budget confirms again that the Morrison Government has no credibility with vocational education and TAFE policies.
Survey reveals sorry state of sector
2 September 2020
Section: News
TAFE urgently requires investment from all levels of government to ensure it can deliver high-quality vocational education and be at the forefront of Australia’s post COVID-19 recovery.
TAFE’s $92bn benefit to economy
27 August 2020
Section: News
TAFE has provided a $92.5 billion benefit to the Australian economy, according to a new report that recommends a further $2.5 billion investment in wage subsidies for apprentices to help stem the collapse in new positions.
Education at the core of jobs-led virus recovery
25 July 2020
Section: News
More than a million secure jobs would flow into the Australian workplace under a comprehensive five-point economic reconstruction plan developed by the ACTU to steer the nation through a COVID-10 recovery.
JobTrainer must fund TAFE to build recovery
20 July 2020
Section: News
It is essential that the JobTrainer announcement of a combined $1 billion federal, state and territory subsidy to boost Vocational Education and Training (VET) is focused on delivering high-quality education through TAFE.
TAFE funding central to commonwealth’s VET response
5 June 2020
Section: News
The urgent restoration of billions of dollars cut from TAFE funding must be central to the Morrison Government’s response to a Productivity Commission report on the vital vocational education and training (VET) sector.
TAFE review must restore key funding
7 March 2020
Section: News
Federation will highlight the failed privatisation policies of successive state and federal governments during the NSW Government’s review of the vocational education and training system.
Media release: TAFE review must restore funding and courses
25 February 2020
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos said the union would take the opportunity presented by the TAFE review to highlight the failed privatisation policies of successive state and federal governments.
Signatures demand rethink on trades centre location
18 February 2020
Section: News
Federation members and Bega locals are calling for a moratorium on the construction of a TAFE trades centre.
Wrong site for Bega campus
15 December 2019
Section: News
Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee has chosen the wrong location for the Bega TAFE construction project.
Money to TV star would be better spent on TAFE
6 December 2019
Section: News
TV host and tradie Scott Cam will be paid $345,000 (excluding GST) over 15 months for his role as National Careers Ambassador, while the Morrison government continues to undermine the TAFE system.
TAFE needs to be at the heart of decisions on vocational education sector
30 October 2019
Section: News
Federal Labor’s vision for job training and skills must focus on TAFE and be backed up with funding, Federation Deputy Secretary Maxine Sharkey said today.
Private VET college fined while TAFE loses out
29 October 2019
Section: News
A Federal Court ruling against a failed private training college has highlighted the Federal Government’s folly of funding for-profit VET providers at the expense of the public TAFE system.
Morrison Government incompetence hurting TAFE, jobs, economy
26 October 2019
Section: News
A shortfall of almost $1 billion in spending on vocational education highlights the federal Coalition Government’s intention to starve the TAFE sector at a time when Australia is in the grip of a skills crisis.
Drought relief robs TAFE funding reserves
17 October 2019
Section: News
The Federal Government’s decision to repurpose money set aside for TAFE to fund drought relief was a “short-term” and “short-sighted” solution to the crisis, NSW Teachers Federation has stated.
State gifts funding at expense of TAFE
26 September 2019
Section: News
The recent roll-out of state-funded programs in the motor vehicle trades underlines the NSW Coalition Government’s preference for business-driven vocational training over the public TAFE system.
Compliance paperwork means less teaching
17 September 2019
Section: News
TAFE Teachers Association members across NSW have been holding union branch meetings to oppose the “Next steps in demonstrating your VET currency and competency” proposal, initiated by acting TAFE NSW managing director Kerry Penton.
Politicians unfairly banishing TAFE from vocabulary and funding
10 September 2019
Section: News
TAFE should not be dismissed by governments, as it has in the Council of Australian Government’s recent statement on Vocational Education and Training (VET).
Drop in VET students at odds with National Skills Week message
2 September 2019
Section: News
The continued decline in the number of students enrolled with nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) makes a mockery of the government’s National Skills Week, Australian Education Union Federal TAFE Secretary Maxine Sharkey said.