Bill
National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020
passed, as at 2020-09-02. Education, Skills and Employment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education, Skills and Employment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-05-14
- second reading — 2020-05-14
- second reading — 2020-06-10
- second reading — 2020-06-10
- committee — 2020-06-10
- third reading — 2020-06-10
- introduced — 2020-06-11
- second reading — 2020-06-11
- second reading — 2020-06-15
- second reading — 2020-06-18
- third reading — 2020-06-18
- other — 2020-08-24
- passed — 2020-08-24
- royal assent — 2020-09-02
Divisions
- National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Keep second reading motion unchanged — 2020-06-10, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 40, noes 28
- National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020 - Consideration in Detail - Regional Australia — 2020-06-10, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 37, noes 31
- The same number of senators voted for and against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-06-18.195.4) introduced by NSW Senator [Mehreen Faruqi](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/mehreen_faruqi) (Greens), which means it failed. ### Amendment text > *(1) Clause 9, page 6 (after line 16), after subclause (3), insert:* > > *Requirement for vocational education and training representative* > > *(3A) There must be at least one member of each advisory committee who is employed by or is a representative of a body established to provide vocational education or training under one of the following:* > >> *(a) the Technical and Further Education Commission Act 1990 (NSW);* >> >> *(b) the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic.);* >> >> *(c) the TAFE Queensland Act 2013 (Qld);* >> >> *(d) the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA);* >> >> *(e) the TAFE SA Act 2012 (SA);* >> >> *(f) the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 (Tas.);* >> >> *(g) the Canberra Institute of Technology Act 1987 (ACT);* >> >> *(h) the Charles Darwin University Act 2003 (NT).* > > *Note: To avoid doubt, a member appointed by the Minister under paragraph (h) must be employed by, or a representative of, the University in relation to its function of providing trade, technical or other vocational education.* > > *[advisory committees—TAFE body representative]* — 2020-06-18, Senate: negative, ayes 27, noes 27
- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-06-18.197.1) introduced by NSW Senator [Kristina Keneally](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/kristina_keneally) (Labor), which means it failed. ### Amendment text > *(1) Clause 9, page 6 (after line 16), after subclause (3), insert:* > > *Requirement for representatives nominated by employer and employee representative groups* > > *(3A) On each advisory committee there must be at least:* > >> *(a) one member who has been nominated for appointment by the Australian Council of Trade Unions; and* >> >> *(b) one member who has been nominated for appointment by an employer organisation (within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009).* > > *[advisory committees—employer and employee representatives]* — 2020-06-18, Senate: negative, ayes 27, noes 30
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-05-14.
The bill would create a new independent statutory officer called the National Skills Commissioner.
The Commissioner would advise the Minister and the Department on workforce needs, VET course prices, and returns on training investment, and would collect and analyse data.
The bill would also allow the Minister to set up advisory committees to help the Commissioner.
- Establishes the National Skills Commissioner as a statutory office.
- Gives the Commissioner functions to advise on labour market analysis, efficient VET prices, and investment returns.
- Allows the creation of advisory committees to support the Commissioner.
The Department of Education, Skills and Employment, the Minister, vocational education and training providers, students, and employers.
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