Staff and students from La Trobe University attended yesterday’s rally (Tuesday 29th June 2012) in support of our colleagues at Wodonga TAFE, in protest over the Baillieu government’s drastic thirty percent funding cut to Victorian TAFE institutions.

Additional Resources

Benjamin Preiss, ‘Fear in the ranks as TAFE cuts start to bite’, The Age, 29 May 2012.

Andrew Trounsen, ‘Victoria’s training cuts a warning for higher education as value put on employment, economy’, The Australian, 28 May 2012.

Lisa Wheelahan, ‘Victorian TAFE chaos: a lesson in how not to reform vocational education’, The Conversation, 30 May 2012.

Brad Worrall, ‘Sack Ted, Save TAFE’, The Border Mail, 29 May 2012.

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Further Information: TAFE4ALL.

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Dr. Benjamin Habib is a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at La Trobe University, Albury-Wodonga.