Labor is calling on the Government to guarantee that students will not be worse off as a result of their rushed implementation of changes to the vocational education system.

New concerns have been raised today about Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to make future TAFE and apprenticeship funding conditional on visa fees from importing more foreign workers.

A Shorten Labor Government will deliver the quality schools, universities, TAFE and apprentice programs people need to prepare them for the jobs of the future.

The 2017 Budget has confirmed the Turnbull Government’s utter contempt for every South Australian, with not a single new dollar for any of the state’s infrastructure projects.

Instead of investing in local jobs and skills, Malcolm Turnbull’s unfair Budget has cut funding to TAFE, vocational education and apprenticeships yet again.

By granting a one year reprieve for Labor’s Universal Access kindergarten and preschool program to 2018, Malcolm Turnbull has done nothing more than kick the can down the road.

Reports today that child care providers are calling for the market approach in the sector to be reined in are a wake-up call for the Government.

Today Labor will meet with key early education stakeholders to discuss the next stages of child care reform in Australia.

Today Labor stands with the early education sector’s widespread condemnation of the Government’s flawed child care changes.

Labor is deeply disappointed the Senate has passed the Government’s child care changes without fixing its serious flaws.