Landmark decision on national regulator
Source: Australia. Minister for Education.
"The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, welcomed a landmark decision by the majority of State and Territory Education Ministers to support the formation of a new, independent national regulator for the vocational education and training sector. The regulator will be responsible for undertaking the registration and audit of registered training providers across the country. The agreement was made at the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE) meeting in Canberra today (20/11/09), with a framework for the new regulation to be agreed by the end of May 2010 and the regulator beginning operation from 2011."