Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

In respect of the Education Legislation Amendment (Tuition Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2019, I move the Greens amendment on sheet 8809:

(1) Schedule 1, page 31 (after line 28), after item 48, insert:

48A After paragraph 55C(1)(a)

Insert:

(aa) a representative from the relevant vocational education or training bodies;

48B After subsection 55C(1)

Insert:

Requirement for Board members appointed under paragraph (1)(aa)

(1A) A person is not eligible for appointment as a Board member under paragraph (1)(aa) unless:

(a) the Minister has given a notice in writing to each head of a relevant vocational education or training body:

(i) specifying the person the Minister is proposing to appoint; and

(ii) stating the reasons the Minister is proposing to appoint the person; and

(iii) inviting the head to make submissions, in writing, to the Minister within 28 days after receiving the notice; and

(b) the Minister has considered any submissions received within that period and is reasonably satisfied the person has the support of a majority of the heads of the relevant vocational education or training bodies.

(1B) A body established under the following to provide vocational education or training is a relevant vocational education or training body:

(a) the Technical and Further Education Commission Act 1990 (NSW);

(b) the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic.);

(c) the TAFE Queensland Act 2013 (Qld);

(d) the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA);

(e) the TAFE SA Act 2012 (SA);

(f) the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 (Tas.);

(g) the Canberra Institute of Technology Act 1987 (ACT).

I explained earlier in my speech in the second reading debate that these amendments are actually putting some expertise and TAFE representation on the Tuition Protection Fund Advisory Board to make sure that that expertise is there when decisions are being made about TPS.