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LINDA SIMON. CEDA joins call for urgent VET Review
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has released a report into aspects of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. The report is entitled ‘VET: securing skills for growth’ and makes a number of recommendations including the … Continue reading
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Tagged CEDA, COAG, growth, National Partnership Agreement., quality, skills, TAFE, VET, VET review, vocational streams
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Productivity and Skills. John Menadue
For months, the Business Council of Australia and senior business executives have been banging on about the need to increase labour productivity. To achieve this, they have emphasised the need to amend the industrial relations legislation, ‘Fair Work Australia’ as … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Asian Century, productivity, skills
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