Edition 73, December 2009

The Licensing Line News team would like to wish all our readers a safe and happy festive season... read more

The COAG National Licensing Taskforce is reminding stakeholders that the public comment period for the Exposure Draft for the National Law for the National Licensing System is closing in late December... read more

Workplace health and safety authorities in Queensland and Victoria have released safety alerts around the electrical risks for insulation installers... read more

Decanting and decommissioning training and assessment programs are available online from the Australian Refrigeration Council for individuals who either undertake decanting operations at wholesalers or only perform refrigerant recovery operations... read more

Following the announcement last month of the Enterprise Productivity Places Program, all national Industry Skills Councils have released expression of interest documents to participate in the program... read more

The Queensland Government is planning to expand a successful pilot training program that raises safety awareness among apprentice electricians... read more

In an historic decision, the Workplace Relations Ministers' Council has endorsed the harmonisation of model work health and safety laws... read more

The final Stage 4 modern awards have been released by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission... read more

Safe Work Australia has released two reports on recent workplace fatalities in Australia... read more

The National Quality Council has endorsed key changes to the Australian Quality Training Framework Essential Standards for Registration... read more

The Council of Australian Governments today agreed to create a new, independent national regulator for the vocational education and training sector... read more

The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has released a new publication on how the economic downturn is impacting on apprenticeships and traineeships... read more

The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, has welcomed the release of the Baird Review interim report on the legislation that governs international education in Australia... read more

An out of trade register has been established by Skills Tasmania to assist those apprentices and trainees whose training contract has been cancelled and wish to be considered for future apprenticeship or traineeship positions... read more

The winners of the 2009 Australian Training Awards were announced at an event in Canberra last month... read more

Looking for more information on the latest training package news and other developments in the vocational education and training system... read more

Industry and Investment New South Wales has released two new resources to support fatigue management in the mining industry... read more

The Service Skills Australia National Conference 2010 will be held on 1-2 March 2010 in Sydney... read more