Footnotes

[1] Skilling Australia: New Directions for Vocational Education and Training, Department of Education, Science and Training, February 2005, p.3

[2] Skilling Australia's Workforce Bill 2005, Bills Digest, no. 160 2004-05, 23 May 2005, p.3

[3] Mr Gary Hardgrave, Second Reading Speech, Skilling Australian Workforce Bill 2005, House Hansard, 11 May 2005

[4] DEST, Submission 4, p.1

[5] Mr Gary Hardgrave, Second Reading Speech, Skilling Australia's Workforce Bill 2005, House Hansard, 11 May 2005

[6] DEST, Submission 4, p.2

[7] ibid., p.2

[8] ibid., p.1

[9] Skilling Australia's Workforce Bill 2005, Section 4 'Objects'

[10] ibid, Division 2, Clause 11 'Condition of grant – maximising choice for employers and new apprentices'

[11] DEST, Submission 4, p.4

[12] ibid.

[13] ibid.

[14] TDA, Submission 7; ACPET, Submission 9

[15] TDA, Submission 7, p.2

[16] ibid., p.4

[17] ACPET, Submission 9, p.2

[18] ACTU, Submission 3, pp.9-15

[19] ibid., p.18

[20] Mr Gary Hardgrave, Second Reading Speech, Skilling Australian Workforce Bill 2005, House Hansard, 11 May 2005

[21] Skilling Australia: New Directions for Vocational Education and Training, Department of Education, Science and Training, February 2005, p.3

[22] Skilling Australia's Workforce Bill 2005, Bills Digest, no. 160 2004-05, 23 May 2005, p.3

[23] ACTU, Submission 3, p.2

[24] Senate EET References Committee, Report of the Inquiry into the Australian National Training Authority, November 1995, p.1

[25] Australian Education Union, Submission 5, p.14

[26] ibid., pp.12-13

[27] Explanatory Memorandum, p.8

[28] AEU, Submission 5, p.7

[29] ibid., p.8

[30] ibid. p.9

[31] ANTA, Annual National Report 2003, p.66

[32] AEU, Submission 5, p.11

[33] Senate EWRE References Committee, Aspiring to Excellence, 2000, p.100

[34] TAFE Directors Australia, Submission 7, p.2