Alanna Clohesy questions the Minister for Training and Workforce Development regarding the training sector reform project steering committee, specifically concerning report availability, costs, member compensation, and potential TAFE college consolidation. The Minister's response indicates no report release decision, pro bono work by committee members (except for a paid consultant), and no interim report or recommendations for TAFE reduction.

AnsweredQoN 1449Legislative Council
Asked
2 December 2015
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Training and Workforce Development

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TRAINING
SECTOR REFORM PROJECT — STEERING COMMITTEE
1449. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
I refer to the training sector reform project steering
committee, chaired by Hon Cheryl Edwardes.
(1) When will the report of the committee be made available
to Parliament and the public?
(2) What is the total cost of the
creation of this report?
(3) How much is
Hon Cheryl Edwardes being paid and how much is each of the other members of the
inquiry being paid?
(4) Has the
committee made an interim report or have recommendations been made by the
committee?
(5) Has the
committee made a recommendation to the minister and the Department of Training
and Workforce Development that the 15 existing TAFE colleges be reduced to a
more centralised four colleges?

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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) This project
is about continuing the processes identified as being next steps to implement
the Seares review recommendations. No decision has been made about the release
of any report.
(2) See the answer to (3).
(3) Hon Cheryl
Edwardes and the other committee members are working pro bono. The department
has engaged John Langoulant at $400 an hour as a consultant to support the work
of the committee.
(4) No.
(5) No.
I notice the member has actually
said 15 existing TAFE colleges; I assume she means 11, but that is all right—the
answer is no, anyway.

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