2016-05-16 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   16 MAY 2016




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                   16 MAY 2016

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                                         _      Minister's message
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                             Lo]        /      The Palaszczuk Government is committed to economic growth and supporting
                               ae       i      Queenslanders to develop the skills to get a job.
                                               The future of Queensland and our communities depends heavily upon the delivery of
                               eo              training and skills services to enable individuals to achieve employment outcomes.
                                               Our Government is delivering on its promises and has abolished the former Queensland
                                               Training Assets Management Authority that was established to manage state-owned
                                               training assets.
                                               The Queensland Government recognises that growing the Queensland economy requires
                                               investment in skills and training. To support the creation of jobs into the future we have
                                               introduced a range of initiatives including:
                                               *  the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative worth $240 million over four years, to
                                                  support up to 32,000 job seekers
                                               ¢  using advice from the newly established Jobs Queensland to inform training priorities
                                               *  reinvesting in TAFE Queensland to restore its status as Queensland’s premier public
                                                  provider of vocational education and training; and
                                               ¢  establishing the Queensland Training Ombudsman.
                                               The development of a ten year Strategic Training Asset Management Plan for the future
                                               of the State’s training assets is part of this Government's response to deliver investment
                                               required to maximise training and skills outcomes for current and future generations of
                                               Queenslanders.
                                               This consultation paper has been developed at a state-wide level to seek a range of
                                               views on the key issues influencing training and skills and about the assets that support
                                               delivery of services by TAFE Queensland.
                                               | welcome all interested stakeholders to submit their feedback on this consultation paper
                                               and look forward to releasing the draft plan for further consultation in 2016.

                                         i Yvette D’Ath MP
                                               Attorney-General, Minister for Justice
                                               and Minister for Training and Skills

              2                                  Developing a ten year Strategic Training Asset Management Plan (STAMP) for Queensland —April 2016

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