The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in Victoria’s south-west with the opening of a new TAFE facility in Colac. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney today visited the future campus of South West TAFE, which will be centrally located in Bromfield Street in the heart of the town. From early next year,…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in Melbourne’s inner city, south and eastern suburbs with a funding boost for Holmesglen Institute. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney today visited the TAFE’s Chadstone campus, announcing $1 million to ensure Holmesglen is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in…
A year after the Andrews Labor Government restored training and TAFE to the Yarra Ranges, more than 1000 students have enrolled at Box Hill Institute’s Lilydale Lakeside campus. The Labor Government invested $20 million returning higher education and TAFE to Lilydale after the former Liberal Government’s funding cuts forced the campus to be closed. The…
The Andrews Labor Government’s record investment in training and TAFE is having a huge effect, with TAFE’s market share growing by more than five per cent in the first six months of 2016. Student satisfaction with training is also turning around, in line with the Labor Government’s crackdown on dodgy providers. The Victorian Training Market…
The Andrews Labor Government has passed legislation that ensures anyone who murders a police officer and those who don’t reveal the location of their victim’s body will not be released on parole. The changes to the Corrections Act 1986 will ensure those people who kill police officers, either on duty or in connection with their…
The Andrews Labor Government will today introduce new legislation to ensure anyone who doesn’t reveal the location of their victim’s body will never get parole. The changes to the Corrections Act 1986 create a presumption against parole when a person is convicted of taking a person’s life and does not assist in locating the body.…
The Andrews Labor Government will today introduce new legislation to ensure that any person who murders a police officer is not released on parole. The changes to the Corrections Act 1986 will ensure those people who kill police officers, either on duty or in connection with their role, serve their full sentence in prison. As…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in Melbourne’s south-east with $10 million for a new health training facility at Chisholm Institute in Berwick. The centre of excellence will feature nurse training and simulation laboratories, learning areas and staff accommodation. The new building, to be built at the Kangan Drive site, forms part of…
A new partnership between Beechworth Correctional Centre and a local animal rescue program is helping rehabilitate prisoners while finding loving homes for abandoned dogs at the same time. Minister for Corrections Gayle Tierney visited the minimum-security prison to tour the facility and meet with the officers and prisoners involved in the program. The prison came…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in Geelong with a multi-million dollar boost for The Gordon. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney visited the institute today, announcing $14.6 million to ensure The Gordon is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in January. The Labor Government was elected…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people in Northern Victoria first with a multi-million dollar boost for GOTAFE. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney visited the institute’s Wangaratta campus today, announcing $12.5 million to ensure GOTAFE is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in January. The Labor Government was…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in North-East Victoria with a multi-million dollar boost for Wodonga TAFE. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney visited the institute today, announcing $6.3 million to ensure Wodonga TAFE is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in January. The Labor Government was…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in Bendigo with a multi-million dollar boost for Bendigo Kangan Institute. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney visited the institute today, announcing $1 million to ensure BKI is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in January. The Labor Government was elected…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in the Mallee with a multi-million dollar boost for SuniTAFE. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney visited the Mildura campus today – announcing $5.9 million to ensure SuniTAFE is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in January. The Labor Government was…
The Andrews Labor Government’s two years of work to turn our TAFE system around is paying off with Box Hill Institute being crowned Large Training Provider of the Year at the Australian Training Awards in Darwin last night. Victoria was one of the best performing states, taking home five awards including Australian Large Employer of…
Victoria’s best apprentices, trainees and employers will be recognised at the Australian Training Awards in Darwin tonight. Among the group of six individuals and five local organisations representing Victoria is apprentice Steven Jeffery who studied a Certificate III in Carpentry at Swinburne University of Technology. Steven has taken the skills he used in Victoria around…
Around 40 young offenders will be sent to Barwon Prison in the coming days following rioting at the Parkville Youth Justice Centre. The Andrews Labor Government has today gazetted a secure unit within the prison to operate as a youth remand centre and youth justice custodial centre. The Departments of Justice and Regulation and Health…
Programs designed to support the rehabilitation of Victorians in the justice system have today been recognised at the 2016 Community Work Partnership Awards. Minister for Corrections Gayle Tierney joined hundreds of volunteers at the MCG this afternoon for the awards, which acknowledge constructive partnerships between Corrections Victoria and local community groups. A partnership between minimum-security…
One of Victoria’s largest TAFE infrastructure projects is underway with Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney today turning the first sod on the $70 million redevelopment of Chisholm Institute’s Frankston campus. The project – made possible thanks to $25 million from the Andrews Labor Government’s TAFE Rescue Fund – will feature a new four…
Planning for Moriac Primary School is on track with the appointment of James Deans & Associates Architects to design the $3.1 million upgrade of its existing facilities. This will be combined with the Planned Maintenance work for which the school received $156,000 in 2015. Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney, made the announcement and celebrate…