Edition 53, January/February 2008

The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has released a report on higher-level vocational education and training qualifications, and the relevance to students and employers in six industry sectors... read more

Under a new agreement, VETASSESS will soon be able to verify vocational qualifications from the People’s Republic of China... read more

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework is making $7 million of funding available to industry, business and registered training organisations to integrate e-learning into their education and training programs... read more

The Tasmanian Department of Education has created a website designed to highlight incentives for skill development... read more

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A number of amendments have been made to Queensland’s Electrical Safety Act 2002... read more

Changes are to be made to the issuing and operation of new taxi licences in Tasmania... read more

Victoria has introduced changes to the state’s liquor licensing laws with the passage of the Liquor Control Reform Amendment Act 2007... read more

The South Australian Government has made changes to the state’s wine labelling requirements with the Trade Measurement (Pre-Packed Articles) Variation Regulations 2007... read more

Consumer Affairs Victoria has completed two pilot projects to test 'best practice' framework and evaluation tools... read more

The Australian Communications and Media Authority called for applications for two new community radio licences in July 2007... read more

The laws governing bodies corporate in Victoria have been reformed with the introduction of the Owners Corporations Act 2006... read more

South Australia has introduced tougher penalties for workplace safety breaches with the introduction of the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare (Penalties) Amendment Act 2007... read more

The Northern Territory has passed the Workplace Health and Safety Act and the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act... read more

NSW has introduced the second of two stages of amendments to reduce the limits requiring a WorkCover NSW licence to remove or disturb bonded asbestos... read more