Vocational education and training in New South Wales

Introduction

This inquiry was established on 3 June 2015, to inquire into and report on vocational education and training in New South Wales.

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Terms of reference
The original reporting date was Tuesday 17 November 2015 (Minutes, Legislative Council, 3 June 2015, pp 170-171). By resolution of the House the reporting date was later extended to Tuesday, 15 December 2015 (Minutes, Legislative Council, 15 October 2015, p 456).

Timeline
DateMilestone
Wed 03 June 2015Referred
Fri 14 August 2015Submissions closed
Tue 15 December 2015FinalReport
Tue 15 December 2015Committee Other Report
Tue 21 June 2016Government Response to Final Report
Submissions

Submissions to this inquiry closed on 14 Aug 2015.

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Reports and government responses
Other documents
DateTypeTitle
Tue 15 December 2015Media ReleaseCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Media release: Report tabled (pdf, 100.36 KB)
Thu 26 November 2015Correspondence Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Correspondence: Letter from Minister for Skills, Hon John Barilaro MP to Chair (PDF, 128.60 KB)
Wed 25 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ms Maxine Sharkey, NSW Teachers Federation (pdf, 228.37 KB)
Wed 25 November 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Ms Maxine Sharkey, NSW Teachers Federation (pdf, 137.52 KB)
Mon 23 November 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Ms Liz Henigan, TAFE NSW Illawarra Institute (pdf, 72.27 KB)
Thu 19 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ms Narelle Clay AM, Chief Executive Officer, Southern Youth and Family Services (pdf, 118.41 KB)
Thu 19 November 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Mr Mark Powell, Teacher, TAFE NSW Hunter Institute (pdf, 100.05 KB)
Thu 19 November 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Mr David Collins, Executive Director, Market Quality and Operations, NSW Department of Industry. (pdf, 143.64 KB)
Wed 18 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Philip Clark AM, Chair, NSW Skills Board (pdf, 10.48 KB)
Wed 18 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Tony Whitfield, Acting Auditor-General, Audit Office of NSW (pdf, 120.81 KB)
Wed 18 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Nick Minto, Senior Policy Advisor, Employment, Education and Training, NSW Business Chamber (pdf, 28.28 KB)
Wed 18 November 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Mr Arthur Rorris, Secretary, South Coast Labour Council (pdf, 33.44 KB)
Mon 16 November 2015Correspondence Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Correspondence: Letter from Mr Harmstorf, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, IPART (pdf, 1.15 MB)
Mon 16 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr John Macmillian, Senior Sector Development Officer, National Disability Services (pdf, 7.02 KB)
Thu 12 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Terry Koford, Head Teacher, Information Technology, Wollongong TAFE (pdf, 386.77 KB)
Thu 12 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions: Ms Dianne Murray, Director, TAFE NSW Illawarra (pdf, 28.62 KB)
Thu 12 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions: Mr Ted Clapham, Head Teacher, Carpentry, Trade and Technology, TAFE NSW Illawarra (pdf, 129.67 KB)
Wed 11 November 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Ms Lorraine Watson, Teacher Consultant for Students with Physical DisabilitesTAFE NSW Illawarra (pdf, 103.96 KB)
Thu 05 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Dylan Smith, Public Service Association of NSW (pdf, 446.79 KB)
Wed 04 November 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ms Nicky Sloan, Chief Executive Officer, Illawarra Forum Inc. (pdf, 643.35 KB)
Wed 28 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Duncan Passmore, Cheif Executive Officer, Passmores College (pdf, 539.77 KB)
Wed 28 October 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to supplementary questions: Mr Steve Turner, Assistant General Secretary, Public Service Association of NSW (pdf, 4.79 MB)
Fri 23 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Jeff Green, General Manager, All Excavations Training (pdf, 162.87 KB)
Thu 22 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions: Cr Andrew Guile, Corporate Affairs Manager, Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation (pdf, 2.24 MB)
Thu 22 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and supplementary questions: Mr David Collins, Executive Director, Market Quality and Operations, NSW Department of Industry (PDF, 61.79 KB)
Thu 22 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions: Mr Keith Bourke, Teacher Consultant, TAFE NSW Illawarra (pdf, 215.62 KB)
Thu 22 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ms Tania Tsiamis, General Manager, IRT College (pdf, 338.22 KB)
Wed 21 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Kevin Heys, Spokesperson, TAFE Community Alliance (pdf, 83.81 KB)
Wed 21 October 2015Correspondence Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Correspondence: Prepared statement from Mr Rob Long, Post Schools Organiser, NSW Teachers Federation (pdf, 44.10 KB)
Wed 21 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Mark Goodsell, Director NSW, The Australian Industry Group (pdf, 76.97 KB)
Wed 21 October 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to supplementary questions: Mr Neil Miller, Australian Council for Private Education and Training (pdf, 1.36 MB)
Wed 21 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and supplementary questions: Ms Pam Christie, Managing Director, TAFE NSW (PDF, 74.45 KB)
Wed 21 October 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Ms Linda Simon, Spokesperson, TAFE Community Alliance (pdf, 429.34 KB)
Wed 21 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and supplementary questions: The Hon John Barilaro MP, Minister for Skills (pdf, 73.92 KB)
Tue 20 October 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to supplementary questions: Ms Pat Forward, Federal TAFE Secretary and Deputy Federal Secretary, Australian Education Union (pdf, 1.45 MB)
Tue 20 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ms Melanie Foster, Executive Director Industry Capability, Housing Industry Association Ltd (pdf, 390.05 KB)
Fri 16 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Gavin Manning, Komatsu Australia (PDF, 389.69 KB)
Fri 16 October 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to supplementary questions : Ms Terri Quinlan, Part-time Casual IT Teacher and TVET Coordinator, TAFE NSW Hunter Institute (PDF, 179.80 KB)
Fri 16 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Joseph Anthonysz, Chief Executive Officer, SAE QANTM Creative Media Institute (pdf, 73.58 KB)
Fri 16 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and supplementary questions: Ms Marie Larkings, Associate Director and General Manager, Teaching and Learning, TAFE NSW Hunter Institute (PDF, 20.00 KB)
Fri 16 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and supplementary questions: Ms Lindy Kemp, Director TAFE Services, North Coast NSW (PDF, 41.52 KB)
Thu 15 October 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Mr Michael Dyer, Teacher, Electrical Trades, TAFE NSW Hunter Institute (pdf, 50.00 KB)
Wed 14 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Graham Armstrong, Head Teacher, Automotive and Vehicle Repair, TAFE NSW, North Coast Institute (pdf, 268.67 KB)
Tue 13 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Mark Jewell, Disability Consultant, TAFE NSW, North Coast Institute (pdf, 104.89 KB)
Tue 13 October 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to supplementary questions: Mr Tim Andrews, Counsellor, TAFE NSW (PDF, 145.34 KB)
Tue 13 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and supplementary questions: Ms Leisa Harrison, Essential Skills Training and Recruitment (pdf, 76.99 KB)
Mon 12 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and supplementary questions: Mr Greg Holihan, Head Teacher, Horticulture, TAFE NSW, North Coast Institute (pdf, 78.35 KB)
Mon 12 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Dave Carey, Part-time casual teacher, Science and Laboratory, TAFE NSW, North Coast Institute (pdf, 95.55 KB)
Fri 09 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Daniel Wallace, Newcastle Trades Hall Council (PDF, 1.23 MB)
Fri 09 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Dr Geoff Newcombe, Executive Director, Association of Independent Schools of NSW Ltd. (pdf, 30.99 KB)
Wed 07 October 2015Media ReleaseCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Media release: Announcing hearings at Nowra and Wollongong TAFE campuses along with a further Sydney hearing (pdf, 105.56 KB)
Wed 07 October 2015Answers to Supplementary QuestionsCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Supplementary Questions: Mr Norm Cahill, Executive Officer, NSW Utiliites and Elecrotechnology Industry Training Advisory Body (pdf, 101.08 KB)
Tue 06 October 2015Answers to Questions on Notice Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Answers to Questions on Notice and supplementary questions: Ms Kathy Nicholson, Post Schools Organiser, NSW Teachers Federation (pdf, 62.35 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Ms McCormack (pdf, 125.66 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Ms McCormack (pdf, 720.65 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Ms McCormack (pdf, 51.01 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Mr Heys, spokesperson, TAFE Community Alliance (pdf, 79.17 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Mrs MacKinnon Principal Trades Norwest Anglican Senior College (pdf, 48.29 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Ms McCormack (pdf, 624.42 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Mr Cooke, Chief Executive Officer, Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (pdf, 3.96 MB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Mr Dwyer, Acting Executive Director, Rural Skills Australia (pdf, 1.65 MB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Ms McCormack (pdf, 126.27 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Ms McCormack (pdf, 397.09 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Ms McCormack (pdf, 28.38 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Mr Heys, Spokesperson, TAFE Community Alliance (pdf, 486.81 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Mr Dwyer Acting Executive Director Rural Skills Australia (pdf, 553.95 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Case Examples (pdf, 95.79 KB)
Wed 23 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled document: Mr Heys, Spokesperson, TAFE Community Alliance (pdf, 115.07 KB)
Tue 22 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: The Hon Scott Farlow (pdf, 43.38 KB)
Tue 22 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: The Hon Catherine Cusack (pdf, 74.79 KB)
Tue 22 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Mr Minto, Education and Training Policy Adviser, NSW Business Chamber (pdf, 3.16 MB)
Tue 22 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Mr Minto, Education and Training Policy Adviser, NSW Business Chamber (pdf, 1.02 MB)
Tue 22 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled Document: Mr Minto, Education and Training Policy Advisor, NSW Business Chamber (pdf, 72.73 KB)
Fri 18 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled document: Opening statement - Ms Leisa Harrison, Senior Manager, Essential Skills Training and Recruitment (pdf, 537.05 KB)
Fri 18 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled document: Opening statement - Mr Duncan Passmore, Chief Executive Officer, Passmores College (pdf, 1.57 MB)
Tue 15 September 2015Media ReleaseCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Media release: Announcing site visit and hearing at Newcastle TAFE Campus and Sydney hearings at Parliament House (pdf, 101.04 KB)
Fri 11 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled document: Presentation - Mr Joseph Anthonysz, Chief Executive Officer, SAE Southern Region, SAE National VET Manager (pdf, 3.26 MB)
Fri 11 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled document: Opening Statement - Mr Dave Carey, Part-time teacher, Horticulture, TAFE NSW North Coast Institute (pdf, 478.03 KB)
Fri 11 September 2015Tabled DocumentCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Tabled document: Opening statement - Ms Lindy Kemp, Director TAFE Services, North Coast NSW (pdf, 69.13 KB)
Wed 09 September 2015Media ReleaseCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Media release: Announcing hearings and site visits to Wollongbar and Lismore TAFE campuses (pdf, 104.20 KB)
Thu 25 June 2015Media ReleaseCommittee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 6 - Media Release: Call for submissions (pdf, 104.28 KB)
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