Page 828 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 2 April 2008

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(j) established in partnership with the Australian National University (ANU) the ANU Secondary College and expanded its course offering in 2008 to include biology and Japanese;

(k) has expanded Australian School-Based Apprentices to enable students to gain educational and work experience within the ACT Public Service;

(l) has invested more than $16 million in 2005-2006 in Vocational Education and Training;

(m) has led the nation in establishing Accelerated Apprenticeship programs in chef training, hairdressing and panel beating through the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT);

(n) has funded the establishment of the CIT’s Vocational College delivering education options and pathways to people of all ages, offering essential skills and job training for around 3,000 youth, mature-age and migrant students each year;

(o) has funded the CIT to allow it to achieve 2,698 program enrolments in apprenticeship or traineeship programs in 2007, an increase of 8 per cent compared to 2006;

(p) has funded CIT to allow it to partner with both large and small local and national employers to enable around 1,675 employers to employ CIT apprentices and trainees during 2007;

(q) has funded CIT to allow it to enrol 106 Australian School-Based Apprentices in 2007, a 23 per cent increase on the previous year; and

(r) has appointed Professor Stephen Parker as Vice Chancellor to the University of Canberra to reform and rebuild this institution in the wake of 11 years of under-investment in tertiary education by the previous Liberal Government;

(4) that recently the Stanhope Government has developed new policy in the areas of:

(a) national testing;

(b) early childhood education;

(d) DETSafe Schools P-12 program;

(e) countering bullying, harassment and violence in ACT public schools;

(f) restorative justice programs;

(g) countering racism in ACT public schools;

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