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View from The Hill: ‘Howard’s battlers’ and ‘Tony’s tradies’ are now responding to the drum beat of One Nation

He is in his late fifties and lives outside a capital city. He owns his home — most often outright — and he still gets up and goes to work. He did a trade or a TAFE diploma rather than a degree, speaks only English at home, and calls his…

The Conversation

Why your child’s Year 9 teacher matters for completing Year 12: new research

As young people progress through high school, they start making plans for what they will do when they leave.

The Conversation

'Breaks my heart': NDIS participant loses most of his support overnight

'I think a lot of lives are at risk if this continues and the government keeps cutting funding.'

Newcastle Herald

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Bill Shorten: University of Canberra and CIT would be 'better together'

'This is not about cost cutting,' vice-chancellor says.

The Canberra Times

Education Minister backs call to examine merging embattled CIT with UC

A chorus of high-profile voices are eager for a merger to be explored.

The Canberra Times

CIT's crisis is a chance to examine all options on the table

The institute is vital, but its entire structure is in question.

The Canberra Times

Less than one third of students who enrolled in fee-free TAFE since 2023 have completed courses. Is this a problem?

Fee-free TAFE has been promoted as one of the Albanese government’s key education policies to train more nurses and builders. But new course completion figures released last week have sparked debate among industry leaders about whether the policy is working.

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Union warns data centres poaching tradies from housing

The Electrical Trades Union's head warned data centres are creating a worker shortage when new homes are built.

AAP

Canberra Institute of Technology board refuses to explain CEO's absence

Dr Margot McNeill hasn't been seen at work for two weeks.

The Canberra Times

'Can't hire our way out': mine giant to train sparkies

An Australian mining giant has partnered with TAFE to train more electricians as the nation faces a major renewable energy skills shortage.

AAP

Courses closed and redundancies to come at former WEA Hunter operation

Now known as Atwea College, the organisation trained thousands.

Newcastle Herald

So your Year 12 student hasn’t decided what’s next. Here’s what to say – and what not to – about career planning

For Year 12 students, final exams are getting closer and applications for university and other courses are opening. So naturally, conversations at home and with wider family and friends are turning to what’s going to happen next year.

The Conversation

Labor faithful urged to connect, focus on what matters

The leader of a struggling state opposition has urged the party's faithful to connect with voters and focus on the cost-of-living challenge.

AAP

More female tradies are key to building the future

From tears to trades - a privately educated woman found her purpose in a trade, reflecting a growing number of women picking up the tools.

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Electrical apprenticeships defying post-COVID slowdown

The uptake of trade apprenticeships has dropped following the expiration of a pandemic relief program but remains higher than it was in 2019.

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Graduation flowers and the art of marking the moment

Graduation days in Australia have their own vibe. The hall is warm, the gown never quite sits right, there is always someone waving too hard from the back row, and half the family is trying to zoom in on their phone for a decent photo.

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My Unemployment Era Was Absolute Misery & Proof The Govt Is Failing Grads

As someone who measures their self-worth through the lens of capitalism, my unemployment era was one of the most miserable times of my life. Having no academic or professional obligations, my routine orbited desolation with miscellaneous hobbies occupying the recurring gaps between “application submitted” to “application unsuccessful”. The withdrawal…

AAP

Social media ban trims budding young barber's following

Content creators have inspired many young Australians to take up trades, but a social media ban could throw a spanner in the works.

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From daycare through to uni, we’ve all had this type of teacher

Casual and contract workers are crucial teachers to Australians of all ages: from infants and young kids at daycare, to children at school, to being key educators for adults at universities and TAFEs.

AAP

Australians urged to ditch snobby attitude to trades

Vocational training should be held in the same 'esteem' as university degrees if the nation is to get on top of its widespread skills shortage.

The Guardian - AU

Thousands of Australian uni students will now receive $331 a week for practical placements. But not everyone’s happy

Teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students to benefit, as government urged to expand eligibility and increase pay to minimum wage

AAP

Workforce worries cast shadow over net zero transition

From wind farms to EV chargers, electricians are key to decarbonisation but even with a steady stream of keen trainees, workforce shortages loom large.

The Guardian - AU

NSW budget 2025 winners and losers

Developers and police the big winners in state budget while injured workers and koalas lose out

AAP

Major boost for tradie students to solve housing crisis

Tradies will be able to complete their apprenticeships for free as a state government tries to ease the housing crisis.

AAP

'I saw him get hit,' witness tells murder trial

One of Cassius Turvey's close schoolmates has told a murder trial he witnessed a skinny man with a mullet assault the Indigenous teenager.

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