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TAFE numbers drop as privatisation plan draws backlash
TASTAFE enrolments have fallen by more than 11,000 since the Liberal Party was elected in 2014. The latest TasTAFE annual report shows 21,189 students were enrolled at the public education institution in 2019, down from 32,711 in 2013 – one year before the Liberal...
Investigation finds TAFE privatisation plan based on single conflicted PESRAC submission
THE only submission to the PESRAC report calling for TAFE privatisation or structural change was from a lobby group formed by the PESRAC Chairperson himself. An analysis of the 178 public submissions found the sole call for TasTAFE to become privatised came from...
Liberal Party TAFE promises broken on delivery
PREMIER Peter Gutwein is desperately trying to mislead Tasmanians with TAFE promises his own privatisation plan will prevent him from keeping. Under the Liberal Party’s TAFE privatisation policy, the State Government would be unable to employ one new teacher, let...
TasTAFE privatisation plan lashed by former Liberal Party staffers
THE Premier’s Economic and Social Recovery report was set up to end badly and its recommendation to privatise TAFE is “the wrong policy, process and outcome”, two former senior Liberal Party advisors say. The comments from ex-Liberal staffers Brad Nowland and...
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Which major political party TAFE policies can be trusted?
The Tasmanian Liberal Party has shown it cannot be trusted with Tasmania's TAFE. Since coming to government in 2014, TasTAFE enrolment numbers have dropped by 35 per cent, down to 21,189. TasTAFE teacher numbers have also been cut, dropping by 54 to 838. The Liberals’...
Is the Liberal Party TasTAFE policy really privatisation?
While both major State political parties wrestle with the idea of whether or not plans for TasTAFE to become a Government Business Enterprise means privatisation, we break down the facts. Here's what the Parliament of Australia website tells us what a Government...
More politics means TAFE and Tasmanians lose
Peter Gutwein and the Liberal Party, if allowed to implement their TasTAFE privatisation plan, will not be able to keep one promise on TAFE. Whether you call the Liberal Party’s policy privatisation or not – the reality of the policy is that it puts TAFE out of the...
AEU welcomes Labor’s TAFE funding guarantee
The Australian Education Union (AEU) welcomes Federal Labor’s commitment to guarantee at least 70 per cent of all public funding for vocational education to TAFE. AEU Federal President Correna Haythorpe said Labor’s commitment acknowledged TAFE’s crucial role in...