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WRITTEN BY:
David Carney
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
This report puts forward comprehensive reforms for the way the Australian vocational education
and training (VET) sector is developed, organised and financed. Our recommendations for its
future express an ambitious vision of growth to meet future skills needs and through this, the
realisation of improved workforce participation, enterprise productivity and social inclusion.
The report draws on the experience and expertise of a broad range of stakeholders, who
generously contributed their views through more than 140 submissions and through consultations
attended by nearly 500 people.
The recommendations are driven by two realities.
First, Australia is poised for long-term prosperity through the resources boom but will be held back
unless we can meet the requirement for the additional skills our economy demands and ensure
those skills are well used. This will require investment.
Second, stakeholders tell us that the VET sector has served the nation well and we should be
rightly proud of its achievements. We agree. However VET needs to change in order to realise its
greater potential and our national needs.
To download this report please visit the Publications section of the Resource Library.
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