The Andrews Labor Government is improving quality in the training system even further with new, tougher contracts being offered to training providers for next year. More than 300 quality training providers have been offered contracts to deliver government-funded training in 2017 under Skills First – the Labor Government’s new approach to training and TAFE in…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in Victoria’s south-west with the opening of a new TAFE facility in Colac. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney today visited the future campus of South West TAFE, which will be centrally located in Bromfield Street in the heart of the town. From early next year,…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in Melbourne’s inner city, south and eastern suburbs with a funding boost for Holmesglen Institute. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney today visited the TAFE’s Chadstone campus, announcing $1 million to ensure Holmesglen is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in…
A year after the Andrews Labor Government restored training and TAFE to the Yarra Ranges, more than 1000 students have enrolled at Box Hill Institute’s Lilydale Lakeside campus. The Labor Government invested $20 million returning higher education and TAFE to Lilydale after the former Liberal Government’s funding cuts forced the campus to be closed. The…
The Andrews Labor Government’s record investment in training and TAFE is having a huge effect, with TAFE’s market share growing by more than five per cent in the first six months of 2016. Student satisfaction with training is also turning around, in line with the Labor Government’s crackdown on dodgy providers. The Victorian Training Market…
The Andrews Labor Government has passed legislation that ensures anyone who murders a police officer and those who don’t reveal the location of their victim’s body will not be released on parole. The changes to the Corrections Act 1986 will ensure those people who kill police officers, either on duty or in connection with their…
The Andrews Labor Government will today introduce new legislation to ensure anyone who doesn’t reveal the location of their victim’s body will never get parole. The changes to the Corrections Act 1986 create a presumption against parole when a person is convicted of taking a person’s life and does not assist in locating the body.…
The Andrews Labor Government will today introduce new legislation to ensure that any person who murders a police officer is not released on parole. The changes to the Corrections Act 1986 will ensure those people who kill police officers, either on duty or in connection with their role, serve their full sentence in prison. As…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in Melbourne’s south-east with $10 million for a new health training facility at Chisholm Institute in Berwick. The centre of excellence will feature nurse training and simulation laboratories, learning areas and staff accommodation. The new building, to be built at the Kangan Drive site, forms part of…
A new partnership between Beechworth Correctional Centre and a local animal rescue program is helping rehabilitate prisoners while finding loving homes for abandoned dogs at the same time. Minister for Corrections Gayle Tierney visited the minimum-security prison to tour the facility and meet with the officers and prisoners involved in the program. The prison came…
