Media Articles

A number of useful media articles and opinion pieces as listed below:

2011

• 17 May, The Australian, $3bn skills plan ‘only $300m’. Click here for the article.
• 9 May, The Australian Financial Review, Budget to test appetite for tertiary reform - Martin Riordan. Click here for the article.
• 5 May, The Australian Financial Review, TAFEs plead for funding . Click here for the article.
• 4 May, The Sydney Morning Herald, Report warns of skills shortage. Click here for the article.
• 27 April, The Sydney Morning Herald, Spotlight falls on TAFE to fix shrinking workforce - SKILLS CRUNCH - HERALD INVESTIGATION. Click here for the article.
• 16 April, The Advertiser, Vocational Education - Graduates give top marks to TAFE SA. Click here for the article.
• 27 January, The Australian, TAFE's eye on private college. Click here for the article.
• 12 January, The Australian, TAFEs suffering from VET visa curbs. Click here for the article.

2010

• 8 December, The Australian, Growing signs of a China crisis. Click here for the article.
• 1 December, The Australian, Foreign student numbers continue to dive. Click here for the article.
• 29 November, Campus Review, Sectors split on skilled migration. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 22 November, The Australian, Migration skills-test warning. Click here for the article.
• 22 November, Campus Review, Export education taskforce lobbies Bowen for visa change. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 15 November, Campus Review, Thinking tiers in sectors impedes policy says Moodie. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 19 October, China Daily, Int'l colleges attract average Chinese. Click here for the article.
• 6 October, The Australian, Clarity before cash -- ELECTION 2010. Click here for the article.
• 6 October, The Australian, Red book underlines skills-based priorities. Click here for the article.
• 25 September, The Australian, Blurred sector seeking clarity. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 20 September, Campus Review, Naming rites. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 20 September, Campus Review, Vic cross-benchers force skills reform rethink. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 20 September, Campus Review, unions may relent on TAFE nursing degrees. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 15 September, The Australian, Change in Victoria’s funding system. Click here for the article.
• 13 September, TDA CEO, Martin Riordan speaking on SBS News about the Jobs, Skills and Workplace Relations portfolio. Click here to view the footage.
• 13 September, Campus Review, Brown the new black. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 13 September, The Australian, ‘Fears higher education at risk of being devalued. Click here for the article.
• 25 August, The Australian, TAFEs hope to boost support by capitalising on hung parliament. Click here for the article.
• 22 August, Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Unis resist TAFE push to offer degree courses. Click here for the article.
• 16 August, Campus Review, Testing times, as DIAC sits on its selections. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 11 August, The Australian, Blueprint for diversity --- TAFE DIRECTORS DEFEND CALL FOR INSTITUTIONAL GROWTH.  Click here for the article.
• 11 August, The Australian, 'Blueprint for Diversity'. Click here for the article.
• 11 August, The Australian, 'Let's Work on Partnership'. Click here for the article.
• 11 August, The Australian, 'Across the Great Divide'. Click here for the article.
• 2 August, Campus Review, '"Fortress Australia" Debate the Lastest Blow to Enrolments'. Click here for the article. (Campus Review log-in required).
• 2 August, Campus Review, 'Most International Students Go Home: TDA'. Click here for the article. (Campus Review log-in required).
• 30 June, CEAIE website, China-Australia Symposium on Vocational Education and Training Held Successfully in Shanghai. Click here for the article.
• 31 March, The Australian, 'Anxiety at migration changes'. Click here for the article.
• 17 March, The Australian, 'Curbs on shonky providers hailed'. Click here for the article.
• 15 March, Campus Review, 'Single protection scheme for students'. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 15 March, Campus Review, 'Low funding and state differences plague the PPP'. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 15 March, Campus Review, 'New workforce strategy targets participation – and targets'. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 15 February, Campus Review, 'Fund enterprises for their training needs: Skills Australia'. Click here for the article (Campus Review log-in required).
• 9 February, The Australian, 'New skills push will break some colleges'. Click here for the article.

2009

• 20 November, The Australian, 'Don’t let green training slow sector, miners warn'. Click here for the article.
• 26 October, Sydney Morning Herald, 'Apprentices to get green skills training'. Click here for the article.
• 12 September, The Australian, K'evin Rudd’s $2bn skills plan in disarray'. Click here for the article.
• 2 September, The Age, 'Ranking system call for colleges'. Click here for article.
• 7 August, Sydney Morning Herald, 'International students ‘need protection’. Click here for the article.
• 6 July, ABC Radio National, 'Australia sets international student safety initiative'. Click here for the article.
• 12 May, Adelaide Now, 'Investing in knowledge'. Click here for the article.

2006

• 29 March, Campus Review, Fostering Cultural change in an historic institute [PDF 1.4MB].
• 8 March, Campus Review (Vol 16. No 9), "Offer FEE-HELP to VET students, says TDA" [PDF 285kb] [RTF 12kb]
• January, Campus Review (Vol 16, No 2), "Time to get on with it, says TDA" [PDF 196kb] [RTF 17kb]

2004

• October, Campus Review (Vol. 14, No. 41), ‘The winds of radical change' [PDF 47kb]
• September, Campus Review (Vol. 14, No. 38), ‘Government Toolkit underwhelming' [PDF 19 kb]
• September, Campus Review (Vol. 14, No. 37), 'Why VET hardly rates a mention' [PDF 85kb]

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