20 Dec Response to the questions outlined in the Australian Apprenticeship Services & Supports Discussion Paper
Since 1992 all jurisdictions and many research and academic institutions have described the inequities in our Australian Apprenticeships system.
It is time for systemic and structural change to address this issue once and for all.
We know from past practice of not only this sector but from others (such as community services, disability services, etc) that multiple requests for input across many small parts of policy and practice, a) cause a significant burden to the VET and Adult Education sector as they have to provide responses often unfunded and through additional work hours - this is multiplied for the input on gender and equity - and, b) will result in poorer outcomes as the atomised approach does not address coherently the strategic issues at hand.