Media Releases

2025 Media Releases

Date	Media Release
12 May 2025	TAFEs welcome new federal ministry »

2024 Media Releases

Date	Media Release
19 December 2024	TAFEs welcome federal government’s change to visa processing for international students »
19 December 2024	TAFEs welcome federal government’s change to visa processing for international students »
2 December 2024	Australia’s TAFEs have a vital role to play in national review of R&D »
15 August 2024	TDA welcomes new Jobs and Skills Australia Deputy Commissioners »
29 June 2024	TDA welcomes new federal ministers for skills, training and employment »
13 May 2024	China and Australia forge stronger partnerships on vocational education and training, 10 May 2024 »
8 May 2024	TAFE welcomes federal government’s measures to boost construction workforce »
25 February 2024	TDA welcomes expanded role for TAFEs proposed in Universities Accord Final Report »
10 February 2024	TAFEs welcome new head of Jobs and Skills Australia »
7 February 2024	TAFEs welcome steps to enhance integrity of vocational training »

2023 Media Releases

Date	Media Release
17 October 2023	TAFEs welcome landmark National Skills Agreement »
9 October 2023	TDA announces partnership with Learning Vault »
4 October 2023	TAFEs ready to step up to the clean energy workforce challenge »
25 September 2023	TAFE welcomes Employment White Paper recommendations »
25 July 2023	TAFE Directors Australia enters educational partnership with Adobe »
17 April 2023	TDA expands education partnership through new corporate affiliate, MYOB »
21 March 2023	TAFE Directors Australia enters strategic partnership with My eQuals »

2022 Media Releases

Date	Media Release
22 November 2022	TAFE’s most talented staff recognised in national awards »
15 November 2022	TAFE National Convention to bring together leaders from education, government and industry »
1 September 2022	PM announces 180,000 extra free TAFE places at Jobs and Skills Summit »
12 July 2022	TAFE sector welcomes federal government’s Jobs and Skills Summit »
23 May 2022	TAFE welcomes Labor government »

2021 Media Releases

Date	Media Release
2 August 2021	Chief Executive Officer Craig Robertson to step down from TDA »
28 July 2021	Story of how business dealt with COVID crisis provides a wake-up call for VET sector »
3 June 2021	A new Form of Workforce Productivity - A speech to the Mining Industry Skills and Education Summit »
6 May 2021	Victoria’s Budget delivers vital new investment in TAFE capacity »
22 January 2021	TAFEs gain more Commonwealth Supported Places in higher education course rollout »

2020 Media Releases

Date	Media Release
7 December 2020	TAFEs responding to COVID-19 - a story of transformation »
27 November 2020	Australian TAFEs in winners circle at World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics 2020 Awards of Excellence »
27 November 2020	Small business applied research a key to unlocking economic growth and innovation »
25 September 2020	TAFEs welcome the appointment of National Skills Commissioner »
9 September 2020	TAFEs launch National Enrolled Nursing Advisory Council »
2 September 2020	Critical Role of Blue Tech and Digital Skills in Australia's Economic Recovery »
16 July 2020	Government skills package offers the chance to reset for a new era of training and jobs »
7 July 2020	TAFEs ready to offer practical, informed input into new VET stakeholder liaison committee »
15 May 2020	TAFEs to offer more higher education places under Morrison government's skills initiative »
30 April 2020	Joint AIS & TDA Media Release: TAFEs on board in support of elite athletes »
1 April 2020	Urgent assistance needed for international students »
11 March 2020	Report shows VET sector's vital role in a new era of jobs automation »

2019 Media Releases

Date	Media Release
01 November 2019	Victorian VET inquiry recognises the crucial role of skills in economic transformation »
18 October 2019	TAFE calls on states and Commonwealth to ensure adequate funding following abolition of Education Investment Fund »
03 September 2019	Education, government and business leaders to focus on the Power of TAFE »
03 September 2019	Cisco, Optus, and TAFE Directors Australia partnership to strengthen digital skills, with an innovation focus »
08 July 2019	Overwhelming response to ‘Free TAFE’ shows Victorians enthusiastic for new training opportunities »
17 June 2019	Productivity Commission report exposes the cost of an uneven tertiary education playing field »
08 May 2019	TAFE rejects claims it won’t be able to deliver skills training under Labor »
04 April 2019	Funding switch raises question over Budget skills package »
02 April 2019	Budget points to a new positive future for VET »

2018 Media Releases

Date	Media Release
29 November 2018	TAFEs will engage in review of vocational education and training »
13 November 2018	ANAO audit of VET student loans program totally misses the point »
07 November 2018	Morrison Government doesnt back its own skills system »
10 October 2018	Tertiary education sector needs to re-think how it prepares students for the jobs of the future »
04 October 2018	reparing for the Skills Future, Now – The world’s experts in vocational education gather in Melbourne »
21 September 2018	Global education leader Charles Fadel to address Australia’s workforce skills challenge »
22 August 2018	TAFE for Austalia »
17 August 2018	TAFE welcomes new strong protection for students »
28 May 2018	Time to end the $1.4 billion tax slug that only applies to VET students »
17 May 2018	Turnbull government continues to tax training and skills »
17 April 2018	Restoring TAFE to the regions recognised as an urgent national priority »
23 February 2018	TAFE welcomes call for a national commission of inquiry into tertiary education »

2017 Media Releases

Date	Media Release
29 May 2017	TAFE mobilises to assist Careers Australia students affected by the appointment of administrator »
26 May 2017	Reassurance for students affected by Careers Australia’s appointment of administrators »
12 May 2017	TAFE welcomes federal opposition’s plan for a stronger TAFE system »
11 May 2017	TAFE welcomes Federal Budget measures to support a national training effort »
3 May 2017	Concern over lack of genuine student choice in higher education reform plan »
26 April 2017	TAFE NSW skills centres aim to generate the jobs of the future »
27 March 2017	TAFE Directors Australia announces new Chief Executive Officer »
19 March 2017	TAFE sector outlines policy priorities at National Skills Summit »
31 January 2017	TAFE sector welcomes plans for a National Skills Summit »

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