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On 24 November 2017 the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Industry and Skills Council (CISC) endorsed the recommendations of the Review of the alignment between the Standards for VET Accredited Courses 2012 and Standards for Training Packages.

On Monday 18 December 2017, ASQA agreed to a request from TAFE SA for an extension of time to lodge a reconsideration application to 2 March 2018.

Under the VET Student Loans Rules 2016, the transitional approval of the current tuition assurance operators for VET delivery under VET Student Loans and VET FEE-HELP expires on 31 December 2017.

A new National VET Data Policy was agreed by Skills Ministers at the COAG Industry and Skills Council meeting on 24 November 2017.

ASQA has suspended 10 qualifications from the scope of registration of TAFE SA (RTO number 41026).

ASQA would like to thank VET stakeholders for participating in the recent consultation.

ASQA has announced its intention to cancel 434 sham qualifications and statements of attainment issued to 277 individuals by former training provider Premier Training Institute Pty Ltd.

ASQA has imposed a raft of data retention and reporting conditions on the registration of Gurkhas Institute of Technology Pty Ltd.

The results of ASQA’s annual survey of training providers for 2016-17 show continued satisfaction with the regulator’s efforts to maintain quality in the training sector.

ASQA has published a decision reducing the transition period for training products from the MAR Maritime Training Package.

A man who issued seven vocational education and training statements of attainment despite not being authorised to do so has been convicted and fined $3,000 in the ACT Magistrates Court.

ASQA has welcomed a decision by the Federal Court to impose substantial financial penalties on Get Qualified Australia Pty Ltd (GQA) and its sole director, Mr Adam Wadi, for multiple breaches of the Australian consumer law.

ASQA has recently become aware the organisation’s website is still advertising vocational education and training (VET) courses.

On 13 June 2017, a number of ‘Superseded’ and ‘Current’ training products (315 in total) had their status on training.gov.au changed to ‘Deleted’.

ASQA will target international education as part of its regulatory strategy for the next 12 months.

ASQA is seeking feedback on its proposed schedule of revised fees and charges for 2018.

ASQA has approved an extended transition period for HLT41412 Certificate IV in Cast Technology.

Does your organisation provide vocational education and training services for children in Tasmania? If so, new worker registration requirements may apply.

The Hon. Karen Andrews MP, Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, has released an amendment to the training and assessment credential requirements in the Standards for RTOs 2015.

ASQA will this week commence invoicing RTOs and CRICOS providers their annual registration charge.

ASQA has published the findings of its national strategic review of issues relating to unduly short training.

ASQA has cancelled the registration of Productivity Partners Pty Ltd (RTO number 30169).

ASQA has cancelled the registration of ACT Education Group Pty Ltd (RTO number 40264).

Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills Karen Andrews yesterday announced a major review of the legislative framework governing regulation of the VET sector.