The Australian | 26 November 2012 In response to a series of questions, tertiary education minister Chris Evans has told the Senate that the states are “on notice” that they could miss out on $1.75 billion in reward funding negotiated in April. Evans says three states are “ripping money out of training systems”.: Victoria’s taken $300 million out of the TAFE system. The Queensland government is threatening to close half the TAFEs, and the NSW government is sacking 800 TAFE teachers. We’re making it very clear that we will not be allowing the states to get away with this. We will hold them to their promises about maintaining the training effort. Funding under agreements … [Read more...]
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