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Recurrent funding must be restored

TAFE Talk: Education Quarterly, Issue 7 2023 There’s a $200 million recurring shortfall in the TAFE NSW budget, a joint

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Students, unions join forces at ’Gong TAFE protest

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.

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Minister to face daily reminder that TAFE teachers are awaiting wage rise

TAFE members will begin a sit-in at the front of NSW Skills Minister Geoffrey Lee’s Parramatta office from Monday (9 November).

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Too many announcements, no results

The 2020 federal Budget confirms again that the Morrison Government has no credibility with vocational education and TAFE policies.

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Survey reveals sorry state of sector

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.

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TAFE’s $92bn benefit to economy

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.

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Education at the core of jobs-led virus recovery

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.

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JobTrainer must fund TAFE to build recovery

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.

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TAFE funding central to commonwealth’s VET response

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.

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TAFE review must restore key funding

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.

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Media release: TAFE review must restore funding and courses

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.

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Signatures demand rethink on trades centre location

Federation members and Bega locals are calling for a moratorium on the construction of a TAFE trades centre.

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Wrong site for Bega campus

Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee has chosen the wrong location for the Bega TAFE construction project.

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Money to TV star would be better spent on TAFE

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.

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TAFE needs to be at the heart of decisions on vocational education sector

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.

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Private VET college fined while TAFE loses out

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.

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Morrison Government incompetence hurting TAFE, jobs, economy

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.

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Drought relief robs TAFE funding reserves

​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.

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State gifts funding at expense of TAFE

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.

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Compliance paperwork means less teaching

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.

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Politicians unfairly banishing TAFE from vocabulary and funding

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).

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