Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)   notes that the statement by the Australian Industry Group, the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the Australian Education Union, Group Training Australia and the Dusseldorp Skills Forum ‘Facing up to Australia’s Skills Challenge’, in which priorities are proposed for:

(i)   a focus on improving the quality and increasing the number of Australians with vocational education and training qualifications which meet future industry and workforce needs,

(ii)   the centrality of industry,

(iii)   improved youth engagement and attainment,

(iv)   the crucial role for student support and for intermediaries,

(v)   national workforce development and existing worker strategies,

(vi)   genuine competency-based progression and improved apprenticeship completions,

(vii)   a review of traineeships,

(viii)   a public and industry investment strategy for vocational education and training,

(ix)   a clear vision for flexible and responsive vocational education providers, and for the future of technical and further education in particular, and

(x)   a focus on the skills needed for a low carbon economy; and

(b)   calls on the Government to adopt these priorities and to seriously consider the strategies suggested in the statement as soon as possible.

Question agreed to.