Businesses in Queensland can apply for support to boost the skills of their workforce under the Abbott Government’s new $476 million Industry Skills Fund. “I urge growing Queensland businesses to access support to upskill or retrain their employees to boost their business productivity and competitiveness. With around 20% of Australian businesses located in QLD, it…
Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham attended face-to-face consultations in Queensland about the future of Vocational Education and Training. “Our government is embarking upon an ambitious program of VET reform to lift the quality of both training providers and their courses, so as to further enhance the contribution VET makes to the…
Subjects: Vocational Education and training reform; Higher Education reforms. E&OE… JON FAINE: Senator, good morning to you. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning John and good morning to your listeners. JON FAINE: We’ve frequently discussed how this system is wide open to rorts and there is any number of them, what are the principle problems that you’ve…