Footnotes
CHAPTER 1
[1]
Estimates Hansard, 3 June 2015, p. 83.
[2]
Australian Catholic University, Submission 59, p. 3.
CHAPTER 2 - The role and funding of private VET providers
[1]
Workplace Research Centre, appendix to Australian Education Union, Submission
62, appendix p. 8, drawing on Gallacher, J, Ingram R &Reeve F
(2012) 'Are vocational qualifications vocational?', in: Pilz, M (ed) The
Future of Vocational Education and Training in a Changing World, Springer
VS, Wiesbaden.
[2]
Australian Skills Quality Authority website, 'Australia's VET sector', http://www.asqa.gov.au/about/australias-vet-sector/australias-vet-sector.html
(accessed 5 August 2015).
[3]
Department of Education and Training, Submission 48, p. 2.
[4]
Australian Skills Quality Authority website, 'Australia's VET sector', http://www.asqa.gov.au/about/australias-vet-sector/australias-vet-sector.html
(accessed 5 August 2015).
[5]
Australian Education Union, Submission 62, p. 8.
[6]
'First move to clean up mess in vocational education', Australian
Financial Review, 26 July 2015. (Available at: http://www.afr.com/news/policy/education/first-move-to-clean-up-mess-in-vocational-education-20150724-gijtry;
accessed 7 October 2015).
[7]
Australian Skills Quality Authority website, 'Australia's VET sector', http://www.asqa.gov.au/about/australias-vet-sector/australias-vet-sector.html
(accessed 5 August 2015).
[8]
Council of Australian Governments, National Partnership for Skills
Reform, p. 1.
[9]
Council of Australian Governments, National Partnership for Skills
Reform, p. 6.
[10]
Council of Australian Governments, National Agreement for Skills and
Workforce Development, pp. 7-8.
[11]
TAFE Directors Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.
[12]
National Tertiary Education Union, Submission 29, p. 2.
[13]
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 36, p. 8.
[14]
Education and Employment References Committee, Technical and further
education in Australia, May 2015.
[15]
Department of Industry and Science, About the skills sector: National
Partnership Agreement on Skills Reform (available at http://www.industry.gov.au/skills/About/NationalPartnership/Pages/Access.aspx;
accessed 10 September 2015).
[16]
Department of Education and Training, Submission 48, p. 1.
[17]
Department of Education and Training, Submission 48, p. 2.
[18]
Department of Education and Training, Submission 48, p. 13.
[19]
In 2015-16, this was $54,126; see Department of Education and Training, VET
FEE-HELP Information for 2015, p. 24.
[20]
In 2015, this was $97,728; see Department of Education and Training, VET
FEE-HELP Information for 2015, p. 15.
[21]
Department of Education and Training, FEE-HELP and VET FEE-HELP
Provider Application Guide, May 2015, p. 9, http://docs.education.gov.au/node/34293,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[22]
Department of Education and Training, FEE-HELP and VET FEE-HELP
Provider Application Guide, May 2015, pp. 9-10, http://docs.education.gov.au/node/34293,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[23]
Department of Education and Training, Submission 48, p. 13.
[24]
Budget 2015-16: Portfolio Budget Statements 2015-16, Budget Related Paper
No. 1.5, Education and Training Portfolio, p. 50.
[25]
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Australian
vocational education and training statistics: Government-funded students and
courses 2014, Report, p. 5.
[26]
Australian Education Union, Submission 62, p. 5.
[27]
Australian Education Union, Submission 62, p. 23.
[28]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 15.
[29]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13, pp. 6-7.
[30]
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 36,
p. 6.
[31]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 38, p. 17.
[32]
Service Skills Australia, Submission 27, p. 3.
[33]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 33.
[34]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13, p. 7.
[35]
Workplace Research Centre, commissioned by Australian Education Union, Submission
62, appendix p. 26.
[36]
Department of Education and Training, VET FEE-HELP loan Tables – 2013,
Table 4: VET FEE-HELP loans by fee type, 2010 to 2013.
[37]
Department of Education and Training, VET FEE-HELP loan Tables – 2013,
Table 4: VET FEE-HELP loans by fee type, 2010 to 2013.
[38]
Australian Careers Network, FY15 Results Presentation: Investor Roadshow,
September 2015, p. 11, http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20150915/pdf/431b54yd4d7tpg.pdf,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[39]
Workplace Research Centre, appendix to Australian Education Union, Submission
62, appendix p. 28.
[40]
The College for Adult Learning, Submission 32, p. 3.
[41]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 38, p. 15.
[42]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13, p. 7.
[43]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 16.
[44]
University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Submission 47,
p. 6.
[45]
Senate Committee: Education and Employment, Budget Estimates 2015-2016,
June 2015: Question on Notice SQ15-000361.
[46]
University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Submission 47,
p. 6.
[47]
University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Submission 47,
p. 6.
[48]
Department of Education and Training, Submission 48, p. 3
[49]
Australian Education Union, Submission 62, p. 12.
[50]
The University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Submission
47, p. 5.
[51]
Andrew Norton, Submission 11, p. 1.
[52]
Andrew Norton, Submission 11, p. 1.
[53]
Andrew Norton, Submission 11, p. 3.
[54]
Andrew Norton, Submission 11, p. 5.
[55]
The University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Submission
47, p. 6.
[56]
Evocca College, Submission 20, p. 11.
[57]
Andrew Norton, Submission 11, p. 12.
[58]
Mitchell Institute, Expenditure on education and training in Australia:
Update and analysis, Mitchell Policy Paper No. 08/2015, August 2015, p. 1, http://www.mitchellinstitute.org.au/reports/expenditure-on-education-and-training-in-australia-update-and-analysis/,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[59]
Mitchell Institute, Expenditure on education and training in Australia:
Analysis and background paper, Mitchell Policy Paper No. 03/2014, October
2014, p. 1, http://www.mitchellinstitute.org.au/reports/expenditure-on-education-and-training-in-australia/,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[60]
Mitchell Institute, Expenditure on education and training in Australia:
Analysis and background paper, Mitchell Policy Paper No. 03/2014, October
2014, p. 1, http://www.mitchellinstitute.org.au/reports/expenditure-on-education-and-training-in-australia/,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[61]
Mitchell Institute, Expenditure on education and training in Australia:
Update and analysis, Mitchell Policy Paper No. 08/2015, August 2015, p. 1, http://www.mitchellinstitute.org.au/reports/expenditure-on-education-and-training-in-australia-update-and-analysis/,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[62]
Mitchell Institute, Expenditure on education and training in Australia:
Update and analysis, Mitchell Policy Paper No. 08/2015, August 2015, p. 1, http://www.mitchellinstitute.org.au/reports/expenditure-on-education-and-training-in-australia-update-and-analysis/,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[63]
Mitchell Institute, Expenditure on education and training in Australia:
Update and analysis, Mitchell Policy Paper No. 08/2015, August 2015, p. 2, http://www.mitchellinstitute.org.au/reports/expenditure-on-education-and-training-in-australia-update-and-analysis/,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[64]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 11.
CHAPTER 3 - Private Vocational Education: Business models, marketing practices and unethical practices
[1]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Marketing and advertising
practices of Australia's registered training organisations, Report,
September 2013, p. i, http://www.asqa.gov.au/verve/_resources/Strategic_Reviews_2013_Marketing_and_Advertising_Report.pdf.
[2]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Marketing and advertising
practices of Australia's registered training organisations, Report,
September 2013, p. viii, http://www.asqa.gov.au/verve/_resources/Strategic_Reviews_2013_Marketing_and_Advertising_Report.pdf.
[3]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Marketing and advertising
practices of Australia's registered training organisations, Report,
September 2013, p. viii, http://www.asqa.gov.au/verve/_resources/Strategic_Reviews_2013_Marketing_and_Advertising_Report.pdf.
[4]
'Abuse of VET fee-help scheme shows regulation has its place in
education sector', The Age, 19 March 2015, http://www.theage.com.au/comment/abuse-of-vet-feehelp-scheme-shows-regulation-has-its-place-in-education-sector-20150319-1m2qzv.html,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[5]
'Vocational education: how the shonks and shysters took control', The
Sydney Morning Herald, 26 September 2015, http://www.smh.com.au/national/vocational-education-how-the-shonks-and-shysters-took-control-20150924-gjujt5.html,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[6]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 11.
[7]
Australian Education Union, Submission 62, p. 23.
[8]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 1.
[9]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 1.
[10]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 15.
[11]
Australian Careers Network, 2015 Annual Report, p. 17, http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20150928/pdf/431mhjr9kn7l9n.pdf,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[12]
Senate, 44th Parliament, Question on Notice 759, pp. 572-82.
[13]
Department of Education and Training, Budget Estimates 2015-2016, Question
on Notice, SQ15-000361.
[14]
Department of Education and Training, Budget Estimates 2015-2016, Question
on Notice, SQ15-000359.
[15]
StudyAssist, Student contribution amounts, Table 3, http://studyassist.gov.au/sites/studyassist/helppayingmyfees/csps/pages/student-contribution-amounts
(accessed 7 October 2015).
[16]
Workplace Research Centre, commissioned by the Australian Education Union,
Submission 62, appendix p. 4.
[17]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 15.
[18]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 16.
[19] Australian
Careers Network 2015 Annual Report, p. 30, http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20150928/pdf/431mhjr9kn7l9n.pdf,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[20]
Ms Pat Forward, Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 1
[21]
'Vocation executives raking it in, despite share price plunge', The
Australian, 23 September 2015, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/vocation-executives-raking-it-in-despite-share-price-plunge/story-fn91v9q3-1227539351865,
accessed 8 October 2015.
[22]
'Australian Careers Network shares plunge 12pc', Australian Financial
Review, 17 September 2015, http://www.afr.com/news/policy/education/australian-careers-network-shares-plunge-12pc-20150917-gjorg3,
accessed 8 October 2015.
[23]
'Education: Ashley Services misses profit forecasts', The Australian,
6 October 2015, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/profit-loss/education-ashley-services-misses-profit-forecasts/story-fn91vch7-1227558059147,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[24]
TAFE Directors Australia, Submission 12, p. 2; Consumer
Action Law Centre, Submission 13, p. 15.
[25]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13, p. 15.
[26]
Canterbury Bankstown Migrant Interagency, Submission 55, p. 3.
[27]
Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Submission 28,
p. 13.
[28]
TAFE Community Alliance, Submission 31, p. 8.
[29]
Canterbury Bankstown Migrant Interagency, Submission 55, p.
5.
[30]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 38, p. 17.
[31]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 25.
[32]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 25.
[33]
Redfern Legal Centre, Submission 16, p. 4; Canterbury Bankstown
Migrant Interagency, Submission 55, p. 4; Australian Council for Private
Education and Training, Submission 28, p. 13.
[34]
Evocca College, Response to Submission 73, p. 3.
[35]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 23.
[36]
Julie Skinner, Submission 73, p. 1.
[37]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13, p. 19.
[38]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 9.
[39]
Redfern Legal Centre, Submission 16, p. 18.
[40]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 20.
[41]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13, pp. 18-9.
[42]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 9.
[43]
Inclusion Australia, Submission 61, p. 1.
[44]
Inclusion Australia, Submission 61, p. 2.
[45]
Inclusion Australia, Submission 61, p. 3.
[46]
Women in Adult and Vocational Education, Submission 33, p. 2.
[47]
Adult Learning Australia, Submission 35, pp. 7-8.
[48]
Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Submission 39, p. 5.
[49]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13, p. 19.
[50]
Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 25, p. 4.
[51]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Marketing and advertising
practices of Australia's registered training organisations, Report,
September 2013, p. 13, http://www.asqa.gov.au/verve/_resources/Strategic_Reviews_2013_Marketing_and_Advertising_Report.pdf.
[52]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 13.
[53]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 24.
[54]
TAFE Community Alliance, Submission 31, p. 11.
[55]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13, p. 9.
[56]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Submission 60, p. 16.
CHAPTER 4 - Education quality and graduate outcomes
[1]
TAFE Directors Australia, Submission 12; Australian
Council for Private Education and Training, Submission 28; Mr Khanche, Australian
Institute of Professional Education, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015.
[2]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 38; TAFE
Community Alliance, Submission 31; Australian Skills Quality
Authority, Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015; Service Skills Australia, Submission
27.
[3]
Australian Industry Group, Submission 30; Australian
Council of Trade Unions, Submission 38; Ms Bond, Guild Pharmacy
Academy, Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015; Speech Pathology
Australia, Submission 25.
[4]
TAFE Directors Australia, Submission 12, p. 1.
[5]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 44.
[6]
Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Submission 28,
p. 23.
[7]
TAFE Community Alliance, Submission 31, p. 6.
[8]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 1.
[9]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 38, p. 20.
[10]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 38, p. 19.
[11]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Marketing and advertising
practices of Australia's registered training organisations, Report, September
2013, p. 20, http://www.asqa.gov.au/verve/_resources/Strategic_Reviews_2013_Marketing_and_Advertising_Report.pdf.
[12]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Marketing and advertising
practices of Australia's registered training organisations, Report,
September 2013, p. 20, http://www.asqa.gov.au/verve/_resources/Strategic_Reviews_2013_Marketing_and_Advertising_Report.pdf.
[13]
Australian Qualifications Framework, Second Edition January 2013, p. 42, http://www.aqf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/AQF-2nd-Edition-January-2013.pdf,
accessed 30 September 2015.
[14]
TAFE Community Alliance, Submission 31,
p. 6.
[15]
Service Skills Australia, Submission 27, p. 3.
[16]
Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Submission
28; Service Skills Australia, Submission 27; Workplace Research
Centre (Submission 62 appendix)
[17]
Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Submission 28,
pp. 19-20.
[18]
Workplace Research Centre, commissioned by Australian Education Union, Submission
62, appendix p. 44.
[19]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Submission 60, p. 15.
[20]
Service Skills Australia, Submission 27, p. 3.
[21]
Ms Marietta Cully, Submission 79, p. 3.
[22]
Julie Skinner, Submission 73, pp. 1-2.
[23]
Tracey Baker, Submission 87.
[24]
Submission 57, p. 7.
[25]
Anthony Norris, Submission 72, p. 1.
[26]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 38, p. 19.
[27]
Australian Industry Group, Submission 30; Australian Council
of Trade Unions, Submission 38; Ms Bond, Guild Pharmacy Academy,
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015; Speech Pathology Australia, Submission
25.
[28]
Australian Industry Group, Submission 30; Australian Council
of Trade Unions, Submission 38; Ms Bond, Guild Pharmacy Academy, Committee
Hansard, 2 September 2015.
[29]
Australian Industry Group, Submission 30, p. 2.
[30]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 38, p. 19.
[31]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 36.
[32]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, pp. 36-7.
[33]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 37.
[34]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 37.
[35]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 47.
[36]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 47.
[37]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, pp. 47-8.
[38]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 38.
[39]
Speech Pathology Australia, Submission 25, p. 3.
[40]
Australian Industry Group, Submission 30, p. 2.
[41]
Australian Industry Group, Submission 30, p. 3.
[42]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, pp. 4-5.
[43]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, pp. 4-5.
[44]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, pp. 4-5.
[45]
'Hundreds of Vocation private training college graduates forced to hand
back qualifications', ABC News, 22 April 2015, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-22/private-training-college-graduates-stripped-of-qualifications/6412318,
accessed 1 October 2015; 'A new report has found that a massive
70 per cent of childcare courses take less than a year to complete', News.com.au,
19 August 2015, http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/a-new-report-has-found-that-a-massive-70-per-cent-of-childcare-courses-take-less-than-a-year-to-complete/story-fnet08ui-1227490464562,
accessed 1 October 2015; 'Childcare centres shocked at second-rate training of
staffworkers', The Australian, 22 August 2015, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/childcare-centres-shocked-at-second-rate-training-of-staffworkers/story-e6frg6z6-1227493608775,
accessed 1 October 2015; 'Childcare centres blacklist accredited training
organisations providing poor graduates', ABC News, 10 September 2014, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-10/childcare-centres-blacklist-organisations-over-poor-training/5732270,
accessed 1 October 2015.
[46]
Early Childhood Australia, Submission 44, pp. 4-5.
[47]
Early Childhood Australia, Submission 44, p. 5.
[48]
United Voice, Submission 45, p. 1.
[49]
Early Childhood Australia, Submission 44, p. 5.
[50]
Early Childhood Australia, Submission 44, p. 6.
[51]
United Voice, Submission 45, p. 2.
[52]
Melbourne City Mission, Submission 46, p. 4.
[53]
'Vocation to tear up 1100 student qualifications including first aid, aged
care', Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 2015, http://www.smh.com.au/business/vocation-to-tear-up-1100-student-qualifications-including-first-aid-aged-care-20150518-gh4bd8.html,
accessed 1 October 2015; 'Aged care training courses under fresh scrutiny', Australian
Ageing Agenda, 23 January 2015, http://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/2015/01/23/aged-care-training-courses-fresh-scrutiny/,accessed
1 October 2015.
[54]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Training for aged and community
care in Australia, Report, September 2013, p. i, http://www.asqa.gov.au/verve/_resources/Strategic_Reviews_2013_Marketing_and_Advertising_Report.pdf.
[55]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Training for aged and community
care in Australia, Report, September 2013, p. ix.
[56]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Training for aged and community
care in Australia, Report, September 2013, p. 28.
[57]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Training for aged and community
care in Australia, Report, September 2013, pp. 28-9.
[58]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Training for aged and community
care in Australia, Report, September 2013, pp. 44-5.
[59]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Training for aged and community
care in Australia, Report, September 2013, p. 58.
[60]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Training for aged and community
care in Australia, Report, September 2013, p. 59.
CHAPTER 5 - Regulation
[1]
Department of Education and Training, Submission 48, pp. 8-9.
[2]
Department of Education and Training, Submission 48, p. 9.
[3]
Department of Education and Training, Submission 48, p. 9.
[4]
ASQA website, About the Standards for RTOs 2015: http://www.asqa.gov.au/users-guide-to-the-standards-for-registered-training-organisations-2015/about-the-standards-for-rtos/about-the-standards-for-rtos.html,
accessed 6 September 2015.
[5]
ASQA website, Users' Guide to the Standards for Registered Training
Organisations 2015: http://www.asqa.gov.au/users-guide-to-the-standards-for-registered-training-organisations-2015/users-guide-to-the-standards-for-registered-training-organisations-2015.html,
accessed 6 September 2015.
[6]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13.1, p. 2.
[7]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13.1, p. 2.
[8]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 10.
[9]
TAFE Directors Australia, Submission 12, p. 1.
[10]
Consumer Action Law Centre, Submission 13, p. 3.
[11]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Submission 60, p. 3.
[12]
The Australian Industry Group, Submission 30; Australian Institute
of Professional Education, Submission 10, p. 5; Adult Learning
Australia, Submission 35.
[13]
The Australian Industry Group, Submission 30, p. 3.
[14]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Submission 60, p. 7.
[15]
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Submission 19,
p. 5.
[16]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Submission 60, p. 4.
[17]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Provider risk ratings, http://www.asqa.gov.au/about/risk-based-regulation/provider-risk-ratings.html,
accessed 9 October 2015.
[18]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Provider risk ratings, http://www.asqa.gov.au/about/risk-based-regulation/provider-risk-ratings.html,
accessed 9 October 2015.
[19]
Department of Education and Training, Regulation Impact Statement:
Proposed changes to the Education Services for Overseas Students framework,
p. 32, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/ems/r5544_ems_340269af-8afc-4fc7-941b-9bd6e5274784/upload_pdf/503811RIS.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf,
accessed 9 October 2015.
[20]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 38.
[21]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 38.
[22]
Adult Learning Australia, Submission 35, p. 6.
[23]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 54.
[24]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Submission 60, p. 11.
[25]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Submission 60, p. 11.
[26]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Submission 60, p. 11.
[27]
Australian Skills Quality Authority, Submission 60, p. 11.
[28]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 72.
[29]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 68.
[30]
Estimates Hansard, 3 June 2015, p. 83.
[31]
John Quiggin, 'Some post-school education bodies we could do without', 1
October 2015, http://johnquiggin.com/2015/10/01/some-post-school-education-bodies-we-could-do-without/,
accessed 7 October 2015.
[32]
Melbourne City Mission, Submission 46; The Institute of
Learning Professionals, Submission 22; Mr Camm, Australian Council for
Private Education and Training, Committee Hansard 16 July 2015; Ms
Bond, Guild Pharmacy Academy, Committee Hansard 2 September 2015.
[33]
Melbourne City Mission, Submission 46, p. 8.
[34]
Institute of Learning Professionals, Submission 22, p. 6.
[35]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 10.
[36]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 13.
[37]
Service Skills Australia, Submission 27, p. 4.
[38]
Service Skills Australia, Submission 27, p. 4.
[39]
Committee Hansard, 2 September 2015, p. 35.
[40]
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Submission 19,
p. 5.
[41]
Evocca College, Submission 20, p. 12.
[42]
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, The value of
completing a VET qualification, Occasional Paper, 2012, p. 3.
[43]
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, The value of
completing a VET qualification, Occasional Paper, 2012, p. 25.
[44]
Institute of Learning Professionals, Submission 22, p. 6.
[45]
Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Submission 28,
p. 18.
[46]
TAFE Community Alliance, Submission 31, p. 4; Consumer
Action Law Centre, Submission 13, p. 14; Redfern Legal Centre, Submission
16, p. 1.
[47]
Penny Martin, Submission 50, p. 3;
[48]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 23.
[49]
Committee Hansard, 16 July 2015, p. 64.
[50]
The Spectrum Organisation, Submission 64, p. 5.
[51]
Overseas Students Ombudsman, Submission 65, p. 2.
[52]
Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Submission 28;
Consumer Action Law Centre; Redfern Legal Centre.
[53]
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