An innovative pilot program that partners training providers with industry is providing positive results. Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, Karen Andrews, visited Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne and met with participants of the Industry 4.0 Higher Apprenticeships Pilot. “One of five pilots in a $9.2 million program funded by the Australian Government,…
DetailsFederal Member for McPherson Karen Andrews is encouraging local preschools to introduce southern Gold Coast preschoolers to a new language in 2018. Applications are now open for participation in the Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program which engages preschoolers with languages other than English through a series of fun, play-based apps thatare aligned to the…
DetailsMember for McPherson, Karen Andrews, today encouraged the local community to apply for funding under the Armistice Centenary Grants Program. The grants program announced by the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan will open in November this year and support projects or activities that commemorate the end of the First World War. Mrs Andrews said…
DetailsFederal member for McPherson, Karen Andrews, says over 650 former part-pensioners on the southern Gold Coast will have their Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) reinstated from this week. These former part-pensioners lost the card in January following reforms to the pension assets test, which were designed to make the pension system more affordable and sustainable for…
DetailsThe Turnbull Government has assisted 10,000 long-term unemployed young Australians to get off welfare and into work through the Youth Bonus Wage subsidy component of the Youth Jobs PaTH program. Member for McPherson, Karen Andrews, said the Youth Jobs PaTH program is delivering significant outcomes by getting young people off welfare, into work and ensuring…
DetailsGood morning, it’s a pleasure to be with you all today. Call me biased, but can I commend you on your excellent choice of the Gold Coast as the location for this year’s Convention – which is also my home town. Once the hard work is done, I hope you will have a chance to…
DetailsLocal students in years 3 to 6 have the opportunity to “get creative over the holidays” to win great prizes and have their artwork feature on the official Christmas Card of Federal Member for McPherson Karen Andrews. “These school holidays are a perfect time for students to plan and draw their entry for the annual…
DetailsGood morning and thank you for the opportunity to address this conference.The VELG conference is always a highlight on the vocational education calendar, attracting people from all over the sector. You are the people at the forefront of vocational education and training in this country, who recognise its intrinsic value and critical importance – both…
DetailsIt is an absolute delight for me to be able to speak on the MPI today. I absolutely support the reforms that the Turnbull government is making to higher education. From a local point of view, the electorate that I represent on the Gold Coast has two universities in it, and in fact there are…
DetailsThank you, Mary for your kind introduction and thank you for the opportunity to be with you today. It’s always important to come and hear about the issues affecting our public training providers. Looking around the room I can see representatives from government, industry and the skills training sector from Australia and across the world. …
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