Footnotes

[1] DEST, Submission 7, p.3

[2] New Bill Supports Australian Technical Colleges, Media Release, The Hon Gary Hardgrave MP, Minister for Vocational and Technical Education, 11 May 2005

[3] Underpinning Prosperity: Our Agenda in Education, Science and Training, Speech by Dr Brendan Nelson, 'Sustaining Prosperity' conference, University of Melbourne, 31 March 2005

[4] Australian Technical Colleges – Raising the status of the traditional trades, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2005

[5] DEST, Submission 7, p.7

[6] ibid., p.9

[7] ibid., p.4

[8] ibid., p.8

[9] VECCI supports Australian Technical Colleges Discussion Paper, media release, 13 January 2005; Australian Technical Colleges – Raising the status of the traditional trades, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2005

[10] Australian Technical Colleges: A Discussion Paper, Department of Education, Science and Training, January 2005

[11] Australian Technical Colleges – the First Tranche, Media Release, The Hon Gary Hardgrave MP, Minister for Vocational and Technical Education, 15 July 2005

[12] Hon Gary Hardgrave MP, Hansard (House of Representatives), 11 May 2005, p.3

[13] DEST, Submission 7, p.9

[14] Meet the Press, Sunday 17 July 2005, transcript

[15] Australian Technical Colleges: A Discussion Paper, Department of Education, Science and Training, January 2005, p.15

[16] Meet the Press, Sunday 17 July 2005, transcript

[17] Queensland Government, Submission 8, p.3

[18] Independent Education Union, Submission 5, para.9

[19] ACTU, Submission 4, paras. 13-14

[20] AEU, Submission 2, p.12

[21] Senate EWRE References Committee, Striving for Excellence, November 2000, Chapter 10

[22] Queensland Government, Submission 8, p.3