{"id":29917,"date":"2024-11-04T11:57:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T11:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=29917"},"modified":"2024-11-04T11:57:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T11:57:30","slug":"fee-free-tafe-is-here-to-stay-with-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/11\/04\/fee-free-tafe-is-here-to-stay-with-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"Fee-Free Tafe is here to stay with Labor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Albanese Labor Government will introduce legislation to establish Fee-Free TAFE as an enduring feature of the national vocational education and training system, funding 100,000 Fee-Free TAFE places a year from 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This builds on the Albanese Government partnership with states and territories to deliver 180,000 Fee-Free TAFE places in 2023; 300,000 places over three years from 2024; and agreements being finalised for a further 20,000 construction and housing Fee-Free places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fee-Free TAFE started in January 2023 to 30 June 2024 and has exceeded all expectations \u2013 with more than 508,000 enrolments in courses in priority areas, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>131,000 in care \u2013 including disability and aged care<\/li><li>48,900 in digital and tech<\/li><li>35,000 in construction<\/li><li>35,500 in early childhood education and care<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fee-Free TAFE is particularly benefitting Australians from priority cohorts, with 170,000 young Australians, 124,000 job seekers and 30,000 First Nations Australians enrolling in the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of all places, six in 10 have been taken up by women, and one in three in regional and remote Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legislating enduring funding for Fee-Free TAFE builds on the Government\u2019s strong record on skills and training, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A landmark $30 billion five-year National Skills Agreement with all states and territories.<\/li><li>Putting TAFE at the heart of the Vocational Education and Training sector with states and territories, growing our investment in Fee-Free TAFE and continuing to build a national network of TAFE Centres of Excellence.<\/li><li>Investing an additional $870 million per financial year between 2022-23 and 2025-26, compared to expenditure committed to by the previous Government in the March 2022-23 Budget.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prime-minister-anthony-albanese\">Prime Minister Anthony Albanese:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe promised Fee-Free TAFE for Australians \u2013 and now it is here to stay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cMy Government is putting TAFE back at the centre of vocational education and training, with our investment in Fee-Free TAFE having already seen over 500,000 Australians participating in priority areas to help fix skills shortages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe want to make sure Australians can go on to have well-paid, secure jobs \u2013 and Fee-Free TAFE creates those opportunities for individuals as well as investing in the future of our country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis is what drives and defines my Government \u2013 helping Australians now, whilst also building for the future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"minister-for-skills-and-training-andrew-giles\">Minister for Skills and Training Andrew Giles:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAs I travel around the country, at every TAFE I visit, I meet students that tell me what a life changer Fee-Free TAFE has been for them. After a decade of neglect under the Liberals the Albanese Government is committed to rebuilding the vocational education and training sector.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cFee Free TAFE continues to be an enormous success helping Australians to get ahead while easing cost of living pressures. More than half a million Australians are gaining skills and the opportunity to work in meaningful jobs that give back to their community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe want all Australians to have access to our world-class tertiary education sectors.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"additional-background-information\">Additional background information:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From 1 January 2023 to 30 June this year, there were over:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>317,404 enrolments by women<\/li><li>170,470 by people aged 24 and under<\/li><li>124,312 by job seekers<\/li><li>110,969 by people who speak a language other than English at home<\/li><li>30,041 by First Nations people.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Students from regional and remote areas comprise almost 35 per cent of total enrolments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fee-Free TAFE means a South Australian undertaking a Certificate IV in Information Technology saves $4,704 in course fees while a Queenslander training to be a nurse saves up to $15,900 in course fees, while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone in Northern Territory doing a Certificate IV in School Based Education Support saves up to $6,950.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanese Labor Government will introduce legislation to establish Fee-Free TAFE as an enduring feature of the national vocational education and training system, funding 100,000 Fee-Free TAFE places a year from 2027. This builds on the Albanese Government partnership with states and territories to deliver 180,000 Fee-Free TAFE places in 2023; 300,000 places over three &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/11\/04\/fee-free-tafe-is-here-to-stay-with-labor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fee-Free Tafe is here to stay with Labor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29918,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29917\/revisions\/29918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}