November 1, 2016
A Catholic school in Melbourne’s south-east is being investigated by the schools’ watchdog over explosive claims of a $5 million state government funding rort. It is understood it involved exploiting government training subsidies by dishing out cooking qualifications to students who never received any training. More here: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/catholic-school-investigated-over-alleged-5-million-training-rort-20161031-gsets6.html
October 19, 2016
Students at a Perth training college are working as prostitutes, laundering money and running human trafficking schemes while ‘studying’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3818015/Students-Perth-training-college-working-prostitutes-laundering-money-running-human-trafficking-schemes-studying.html#ixzz4NV7VqeyO
October 19, 2016
The number of Australians arrested and hospitalised overseas skyrocketed last financial year, prompting a warning from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop about reckless behaviour and the growing workload placed on Australian consular officials. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/aussies-behaving-badly-number-of-australians-arrested-and-hospitalised-overseas-soars-20161019-gs5i4x.html
September 30, 2016
The federal government has suspended hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to 19 private colleges, as it moves to stamp out widespread rorting of the vocational education loans scheme. Four top-tier accountancy firms — Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and McGrathNicol — are carrying out the forensic inquiries as the Department of Education launches […]
September 15, 2016
AN army of young Australians “unwilling to work’’ spends the day sleeping, watching TV or playing computer games — meet the NEETs. An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report says Australia now has 580,000 young people who fall under the classification which stands for “not in employment, education or training’’. More; http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/meet-the-neets-the-new-breed-of-aussie-bludger/news-story/39019644423627ae8a4a15665cc75079
September 8, 2016
Vocational education and training will play a vital role in helping workers retrain and evolve in a jobs market focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines as the Queensland government attempts to breathe new life into the sector. Read more here; http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/special-features/rewire-tafe-has-a-place-in-changing-jobs-market/news-story/fc01f3a725857b04bedad2b2456d4ab1
September 8, 2016
Nine Japanese and Korean nationals, some on 417 working holiday visas, employed across three Sushi Go Round outlets in south-east Queensland between April 2014 and August 2015 were underpaid more than $123,000, says the Fair Work Ombudsman. Read more; http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/sushi-go-round-underpays-foreign-workers-123k-20160908-grbggx.html
September 6, 2016
An ambitious campaign to attract Australian workers to thousands of seasonal strawberry picking jobs has placed just 53 people, with another 40 to 50 locals directly approaching farms to secure employment. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-05/sweetest-jobs-update-employment-backpackers-strawberries/7800986
August 29, 2016
In an implicit criticism of the federal government’s training and skills agenda, business will today demand a comprehensive review of the “forgotten middle child of education”. A Committee for Economic Development of Australia report, to be released in Melbourne, says the vocational education sector has been trashed by rogue operators, with plunging enrolments and a […]
August 18, 2016
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