**Check against delivery** Introduction Thank you for the invitation to attend your symposium this morning. It’s an honour to be here to talk about the value and importance of vocational education and training, and how it can lead to meaningful and sustainable employment. I’m thrilled to be part of a regional event that is showing real innovation and…
DetailsAs you all know, over the years, there have been many reviews looking at initial teacher education and many more recommendations on how to improve the quality of teachers entering our classrooms. With the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (TEMAG) report, for the first time, we have made real progress in implementing a major report…
DetailsIt’s a pleasure to be with you today at the start of this year’s 2018 Apprentice Employment Network Skills Conference. Today we have a varied group of stakeholders here, from group training organisations, policy makers, to members of the Australian Apprenticeship Support Network, business and industry. Apprenticeship delivery has so many facets, and it takes…
DetailsCaitlin Jarvis: Yeah, so we were just doing a series of stories on VET and TAFE in Tassie, but just also touching on the national issues. So, we thought it was a good opportunity just to pitch your pick your brain a little bit about what’s going on. Karen Andrews: Absolutely. Happy to help. Caitlin…
DetailsGood morning, and thank you for the opportunity to address you here today for your education summit. It is important to ensure that students can choose the best education path to help them reach their potential and this is a priority for the Turnbull Government. I congratulate the Minerals Council of Australia on their theme…
DetailsGood morning and thank you for the opportunity to address your conference today. It is great to see the focus of today’s CEO conference is ‘what goes into owning and managing a successful RTO’. As we, all know in any business, success does not just happen. Many different factors need to be considered by Registered…
DetailsIf Labor is ever returned to government in this country, God help vocational education. They have the most appalling record in vocational education. I am very happy to stand here today and take you through, in detail, what they have done to bring this sector to its knees. Labor's record in vocational education, when in…
DetailsThank you Ms Harvey and good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Firstly, I would like to respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we meet today, and pay my respect to their elders past, present and future.And, I would like to extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People…
DetailsThank you George and the team at Apprenticeships Matter for your commitment to assisting in the upskilling of the Australian Workforce. The ‘Apprenticeships for all Victorians’ initiative to create an additional 50,000 Australian Apprenticeships and Traineeships by 2020, provides an excellent platform for raising awareness of Vocational Education and Training pathways and for increasing apprenticeship…
DetailsGood afternoon, and on behalf of the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, I am pleased to welcome you to Parliament House. The Prime Minister is sorry he can’t to be here to welcome you in person, but he asked me to pass on his apologies. I know he would have wanted to greet such an outstanding…
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