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VET Legislative Reform in Parliament

The Australian Government has presented to the parliament proposed amendments to the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (NVETR Act) to improve its efficiency and effectiveness by strengthening the regulatory framework.

The amendments will ensure the National VET Regulator, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), has the necessary powers and processes to encourage and promote a quality vocational education and training (VET) system that benefits students and industry.  The amendments respond to some of the recommendations from the report prepared by Professor Valerie Braithwaite titled All eyes on quality: Review of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 and the Strengthening Skills: Expert review of Australia’s VET system, a report prepared by the Hon Steven Joyce (Joyce Review).

Among the proposed reforms to the NVETR Act are:

• A new condition of registration requiring NVR RTOs to demonstrate a commitment and the capability to deliver quality VET
• Clarification that all reviewable decisions made by the delegate of the ASQA are subject to reconsideration by ASQA
• Empower ASQA to cancel VET qualifications and VET statements of attainment without first directing the relevant NVR RTO to do so where there is a risk to individuals and the community

Read more in the full ITECA article here.

Date posted Dec 12, 2019