States negotiating on $3.7 billion national skills agreement

States negotiating on $3.7 billion national skills agreement

Skills Minister Brendan O’Connor said the federal government is prepared to provide $3.7 billion over a five-year period if it secures an agreement with the states and territories.

  • byLisa Visentin

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The Queensland Audit Office has outlined challenges ahead across the entirety of the state’s education sector including public universities,TAFE and state schools.

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Government must tackle skills shortage to deliver childcare promise

Families already struggle to find childcare for their children,but it’s about to get worse,with the sector at crisis point.

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Young,smart and unable to pursue a future

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The education revolution that you’ll keep paying for

The idea that education is a public good and should be fairly funded and free is long gone.

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Shaking off the political bulldust to find a ‘pathway’ to success
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Shaking off the political bulldust to find a ‘pathway’ to success

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  • byRoss Gittins
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  • byAnna Patty
Demetriou pays $360,000 to settle $45m in Acquire Learning claims

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  • bySarah Danckert
Teachers,students warn of extensive delays in TAFE courses
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Teachers,students warn of extensive delays in TAFE courses

Internal TAFE NSW documents from November reveal the organisation has been preparing for delays in courses due to start this year.

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Call for crackdown on commercial cheating services for students
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The peak body representing independent higher education providers is urging the federal government to extend legislation introduced in 2020,which outlaws the provision or advertising of academic cheating services at universities to the VET sector.

  • byAnna Patty