[Greens-Media] Media alert: Greens launch bill to save TAFE

[John Kaye]

Media alert: Greens launch bill to save TAFE

Greens NSW MP John Kaye will be joined by teachers, staff and students in the Waratah Room of NSW Parliament House on Tuesday 12 November to launch his bill to stop the destruction of TAFE.

When:  1:00 pm, Tuesday 12 November 2013

Where: Waratah Room, NSW Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney

Who:     John Kaye, Greens NSW MP
                Maurie Mulheron, President, NSW Teachers Federation
                Anne Gardiner, General Secretary, PSA
                Linda Simon, TAFE Community Alliance

                MC: Jamie Parker, Greens MP for Balmain

Background

State and federal governments, both Labor and Coalition, have driven TAFE to the brink of collapse, despite the massive economic and social benefits of publicly-provided vocational education and training.

The Greens TAFE Changes Moratorium (Secure Future for Public Provision of Vocational Education and Training) Bill 2013 will be introduced into the NSW parliament in the next fortnight and aims to:
*             restore TAFE funding by reversing massive budget cuts,
*             stop rising fees and job losses, and
*             freeze the O'Farrell government's aggressive Smart and Skilled market that would create a race to the bottom with low cost, low quality private providers.

Without a strong public provider of vocational education and training, NSW will face rising youth unemployment, increasing levels of inequality and disadvantage and an economy that is unable to grow.

For more information:       John Kaye 0407 195 455

Copies of the bill and other campaign materials will be available at the launch.


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Greens NSW MP

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Mail: Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

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