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Following on from ‘Queensland’s proposed responses to the challenges to skills for jobs and growth: a green paper’ (indexed at TD/LMR 86.11), the ‘Queensland skills plan’ outlines a policy framework that will better match the supply of skilled labour to industry’s needs and the economy’s demands. It sets out a range of actions the Queensland Government will take to implement these policies. The new framework has four key elements: a training system that works for Queensland; training that works for industry and employers; training that works for the trades; and training that works for individuals. Initiatives include major reforms to Queensland’s vocational education and training (VET) sector, enhanced linkages across the education sectors, and improved professional development opportunities for the training sector. Three new centres of excellence will be established to develop skills in critical industries. Twenty-four actions under the four key elements will transform and modernise the VET system including major changes to TAFE such as improving the way institutes deliver training.