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01 April 2011
Victoria Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall Search On For The Best Of The Best Victor P Taffa The search is on for the state’s top apprentices, vocational students, trainees and training providers, with the launch of nominations for this year’s highly sought after Victorian Training Awards. Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall today [...]
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31 March 2011
Victoria Deputy Premier Peter Ryan Victoria Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan Victoria Minister for Skills and Higher Education Peter Hall Victorian Government Commits $10.2 Million To Deakin University For Regional Student Accommodation Victor P Taffa Minister for Skills and Higher Education Peter Hall today announced the Victorian Government would commit $10.2 Million towards new regional student [...]
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31 March 2011
Victoria Deputy Premier Peter Ryan Victoria Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan Victoria Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall Geelong Gains $7 Million For Regional Community Health Hub At Deakin University Victor P Taffa Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall today announced the Victorian Government will commit $7 Million towards a new Regional [...]
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30 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Education Martin Dixon New $5.6 M Facilities for Reservoir West Primary Victor P Taffa Education Minister Martin Dixon today officially opened a major $5.62 Million redevelopment project at Reservoir West Primary School. Mr. Dixon toured stages one and two of the project that provides a modern learning environment for Reservoir West students. “It is fantastic to go [...]
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30 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Education Minister Martin Dixon School Gardens Spawn Winners For Learning And The Environment Victor P Taffa The search is on again for the Best School Gardens in the state. Education Minister Martin Dixon today launched the Victorian School Garden Awards from the impressive gardens at Croxton School in Northcote. Now in its 34th year, the competition [...]
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30 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall New $5.25 Million Technical Education Centre For Echuca Victor P Taffa The Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall today welcomed the opening of a new multi-million dollar Technical Education Centre at the Echuca Campus of the Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE (BRIT), saying it would boost [...]
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29 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Education Martin Dixon Graham Watt Burwood MLA Education Minister Applauds School’s Message Of Hope To Japanese Disaster Victims Victor P Taffa Education Minister Martin Dixon has praised the students and teaching staff at Roberts McCubbin Primary School in Box Hill South for the support the school has shown to victims of the devastating Japanese tsunami and [...]
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29 March 2011
Western Australia Minister for Housing Troy Buswell Students To Benefit From 1,000 New Affordable Dwellings Victor P Taffa University of Western Australia (UWA) students from a variety of backgrounds will benefit from 1,000 new units funded through round three of the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS). Housing Minister Troy Buswell said the State Government would provide funding of $2,285 [...]
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29 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Education Martin Dixon Victoria Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship Nicholas Kotsiras Advisory Council To Lead The Way On Language Education Victor P Taffa Victoria is one step closer to having one of the world’s most diverse and effective languages programs, thanks to the establishment of an advisory council which will be chaired by the Minister [...]
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29 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips Green Telecommunications Research Centre Opens In Melbourne Victor P Taffa Alcatel-Lucent’s new Bell Labs Centre for Energy Efficient Telecommunications (CEET) Joint Venture with the University of Melbourne was officially opened today. Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips joined Bell Labs Global President Jeong Kim at the University of Melbourne this morning to open the [...]
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25 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Education Martin Dixon Education Minister Sees Great Learning First-Hand At Dandenong North Primary Victor P Taffa Education Minister Martin Dixon today saw up close how a school with a majority of students from non-English-speaking or refugee backgrounds is achieving outstanding results. Mr. Dixon spent more than two-and-a-half hours at Dandenong North Primary School observing the school’s [...]
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24 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Innovation Services and Small Business Louise Asher Victoria Offers Help For Japanese Scientists And Students Victor P Taffa Innovation, Services and Small Business Minister Louise Asher today announced that the Victorian Government would provide access to the Australian Synchrotron to Japanese scientists and students affected by the Japanese natural disaster. “Together with the Australian Synchrotron [...]
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21 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall Plan To Ensure Long-Term Future For Tertiary Education In Gippsland Victor P Taffa The Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall today announced the establishment of an expert Panel to develop a Tertiary Education Plan for Gippsland. The Plan follows Skills Victoria’s 2009 report advising on the development [...]
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20 March 2011
Western Australia for Education Minister Elizabeth Constable Public Teachers Camp Out To Keep Schools Afloat During Kimberley Flood Crisis Victor P Taffa Public School Teachers are sleeping on swags in classrooms at Bayulu Remote Community School to ensure students continue their schooling during the Kimberley floods. Education Minister Liz Constable praised the extra efforts teachers and school staff in [...]
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19 March 2011
Queensland Shadow Minister for Education Bruce Flegg Labor Not Serious About School Bullying Victor P Taffa Bligh Labor was not serious about cutting school bullying and new measures announced by Education Minister Cameron Dick would lead to more red tape and paperwork for principals. Shadow Minister for Education Dr. Bruce Flegg said parents, students and schools deserved the truth [...]
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18 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Education Martin Dixon Victorian Students Say No To Bullying Victor P Taffa School students across Victoria are being urged to take a stand together against bullying at today’s inaugural National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence. Education Minister Martin Dixon said the day would help raise awareness of a growing issue in the community. Mr. [...]
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17 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Education Martin Dixon Nick Wakeling Ferntree Gully MLA Heidi Victoria Bayswater MLA Baillieu Government Working With Knox Parents On ASD School Victor P Taffa Education Minister Martin Dixon and the member for Ferntree Gully Nick Wakeling said today the Baillieu Coalition Government was working with local residents to allay their concerns about the new Autism Spectrum Disorder [...]
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16 March 2011
Queensland Shadow Minister for Education & Training Bruce Flegg Queensland Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Apprenticeships Mark Robinson Training For Young Queenslanders Must Not Be Abandoned In Rush To Migrant Workers Victor P Taffa The Federal Government-approved rush by Mining Companies to use short-term migrant workers must not fast-track foreign workers at the expense of training for young Queenslanders, the [...]
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14 March 2011
Northern Territory Shadow Minister for Education Peter Chandler REPLACING THE STICK WITH A BASEBALL BAT Victor P Taffa “For the best part of a decade as Education Minister, Paul Henderson has spoken about taking a ‘carrot and stick’ approach to parents who don’t send their kids to school.” Shadow Minister for Education Peter Chandler said today. “The announcement today [...]
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12 March 2011
Western Australia Minister for Training & Workforce Development Peter Collier New Facility Provides A Boost In Trade Training Victor P Taffa A New State-of-the-art Centre at Clarkson will fill a significant gap in Trades Training opportunities for people in Perth’s growing Northern Corridor. Officially opening the $23 Million facility today, Training and Workforce Development Minister Peter Collier said Trades [...]
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