Download copy of Dr. Michael Keating’s Lecture – ‘Is Australia facing a skills crisis, and what should TAFE do about it?’ [PDF  42kb] [PPT  1.4MB]
Dr. Keating presented the Lecture to the inaugural 2007 TAFE ‘Blogger” Australian Skills Lecture Series, at TAFE Directors Australia National Office, in Canberra. He was speaking after the recently released iPART Report, “Up-skilling NSW - How vocational education and training can help overcome skill shortages, improve labour market outcomes and raise economic growth” (Dec, 2006) |
Dr Michael Keating
Chair of iPART NSW
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Dr Michael Keating AC, FASSA, FIPAA, was Head of the Australian Public Service and Secretary to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (1991 to 1996). Prior to that he was Head of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (1983 to 1986), and Head of the Department of Finance (1986 to 1991).
As Chairman of the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, Michael Keating led much of the Up-Skilling Report consultation, with the Report (released, Dec 2006) noting: “To position the state’s VET system for this important role, the NSW Government needs to recognize TAFE as a key partner to the state’s economic development".
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