Vocational education and training review panel’s funding recommendations must be implemented in coming NSW Budget
25 March 2024
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation endorses the Vocational Education and Training Review Panel’s first report released today, which recommends changes to…
Members’ TAFE stories enlighten VET Review panellists
12 September 2023
Section: News
Federation TAFE councillors have provided insight for the Review into NSW vocational education and training (VET), about the problems in…
Reimagining VET through expansive public education provision
12 July 2023
Section: News
Federation Senior Vice President Amber Flohm told Annual Conference that ‘opportunities to reimagine the provision of vocational education with the…
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vocational learning opportunities reduced for many under funding model
25 March 2019
Section: News
Data presented to a recent roundtable shows why government funding of the vocational education and training sector is best directed towards TAFE.
VET teacher training issues clarified
15 November 2018
Section: News
VET teachers have raised concerns about new requirements for the Certificate IV imposed by the regulator Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) on all registered training authorities delivering VET courses.