Fragmentation and photo-ops: the failures of Australian skills policy through COVID

Strong vocational education and training (VET) systems are vital to the success of dynamic, innovative economies and inclusive labour markets. Australia's VET system once provided well-established and dependable education-to-jobs pathways, but a combination of policy vandalism and fiscal mismanagement plunged the VET system into a lasting and multidimensional crisis. During the pandemic, the federal government has pursued further VET restructuring through the implementation of several wage and training subsidy programs at the cost of several billion dollars. This has deepened the 'contestable ... Show more

Authors: Pennington, Alison

Published: Manuka, Australian Capital Territory, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute, 2022

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 49 p.

Access item: https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/fragmentation-photo-ops-the-failures-of-australian-skills-policy-through-covid/

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