Last Thursday, Skills Australia released their discussion paper on the future of the VET system, Creating a future direction for Australian vocational education and training .
The paper can be found at http://www.skillsaustralia.gov.au/VETdiscussionpaper.shtml .
Skills Australia are calling for submissions and responses to the paper by the 26th of November and, are holding consultations around the country.
Whilst locations and specific times are still be confirmed, the dates for the consultation are as follows (can be found on the website above).
Consultation meetings
Stakeholder meetings will be held between 1 – 17 November in each capital city and some regional locations as outlined below.
Skills Australia is holding representative stakeholder consultation meetings in the following metropolitan and regional locations.
1 November – Sydney
1 November – Adelaide
2 November - Port Augusta
3 November – Tamworth
4 November – Canberra
5 November – Sydney outer Metro (Penrith)
8 November – Brisbane
9 November – Perth
9 November – Rockhampton
10 November - Alice Springs
11 November - Darwin
12 November - Melbourne
15 November - Karratha
15 November - Albury
16 November - Melbourne outer Metro (Holmsglen)
17 November - Hobart
Advice from Service Skills Australia.
http://www.serviceskills.com.au
