May 6, 2016 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
Labor has admitted that its Budget Reply thought bubble to unilaterally impose a cap on VET FEE-HELP loans will lead to up-front fees for VET students. Tonight, Ed Husic was asked three times whether Australian students would have to pay up-front costs to access VET,...
May 6, 2016 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
Topics: Labor’s upfront costs for VET students, 2016 Budget, 2016 Budget Reply. E&OE… LAURA JAYES Joining me now is the Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, Senator Scott Ryan from Canberra. It has been a very big week, Senator and I think it is about...
May 6, 2016 | Homepage, Media, Transcripts
Topics: Bill Shorten’s upfront cost for VET students. E&OE… GREG JENNETT Bill Shorten’s budget speech in reply has promised to hit the troubled vocational education industry hard by capping taxpayer loans to students. Private training colleges have been...
May 5, 2016 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
“Bill Shorten’s announcement tonight again demonstrates Labor’s impulsive and ill thought through approach to the VET FEE-HELP scheme,” Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, Senator Scott Ryan said. “It was exactly this impulsive approach that has created the...
May 5, 2016 | Homepage, Media, Media Releases
Commissioner appointed to the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, Senator the Hon Scott Ryan, has today announced the appointment of Mr Mark Paterson AO as the Commissioner for Regulatory Operations of the...