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Standing Committee on Education and Training

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

42nd Parliament (February 2008 – )

Inquiry into combining school and work: supporting successful youth transitions (completed)
Parliamentary paper: TBA/2009; Tabled: 16 November 2009
Tabling speeches: Chair – Ms Sharon Bird MP; Deputy Chair – Dr Dennis Jensen MP
Government response: No response to date

Review of Department of Education, Science and Training Annual Report 2006-07 (completed)
Parliamentary paper: 110/2009; Tabled: 1 June 2009
Tabling speeches: Chair – Ms Sharon Bird MP; Deputy Chair – Dr Dennis Jensen MP
Government response: No response to date

41st Parliament (November 2004 - present)
Standing Committee on Education and Vocational Training

Top of the Class: Report on the inquiry into teacher education
Parliamentary Paper: 36/07; Tabled 26 February 2007
Tabling Speeches: Chair – Mr Luke Hartsuyker MP;Deputy Chair – Mr Rod Sawford MP
Date of Government response: 27 August 2008 (PDF 75KB)

40th Parliament (February 2002 - August 2004)
Standing Committee on Education and Training

Learning to Work: Report on the inquiry into vocational education in schools
Parliamentary Paper: 83/2004; Tabled: 29 March 2004
Tabling Speeches: Chair - Mr Kerry Bartlett MP; Deputy Chair Mr Rod Sawford MP
Date of Government Response: 23 June 2005 (PDF 5199KB)

Boys: Getting it right: Report on the inquiry into the education of boys
Parliamentary Paper: 695/2002; Tabled: 21 October 2002
Tabling Speeches: Chair - Mr Kerry Bartlett MP; Deputy Chair Mr Rod Sawford MP
Date of Government response: 26 June 2003 (PDF 2474KB)

39th Parliament (November 1998 - October 2001)
Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Workplace Relations

Education of boys: Lapsed on the dissolution of the 39th Parliament

Shared Endeavours: Report of the inquiry into employee share ownership in Australian enterprises
Parliamentary Paper: 462/2000; Tabled: 9 October 2000
Tabling Speech: Chair - Dr Nelson MP
Date of Government Response: 27 March 2003 (PDF 1567KB)

Age Counts: Report of the inquiry into issues specific to older workers seeking employment or establishing a business, following unemployment
Parliamentary Paper: 338/2000; Tabled: 14 August 2000
Tabling Speeches: Chair - Dr Nelson MP; Deputy Chair - Mr Sawford MP
Date of Government Response: 12 December 2002 - no response will be tabled because mature age employment issues relate to whole-of-government policy priority

38th Parliament (May 1996 - August 1998)
Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training

Today's Training. Tomorrow's skills: Report of the inquiry into the role of TAFE
Parliamentary Paper: 383/98; Presented to the Speaker 28 July 1998
Date of Government Response: 30 June 1999 (PDF 37KB)

Youth employment: A working solution: Report of the inquiry into factors influencing the employment of young people
Parliamentary paper 165/97; Tabled: 29 September 1997
Tabling speeches: Chair - Mr Charles MP; Deputy Chair - Mr Sawford MP
Date of Government Response: 3 June 1999 (PDF 100KB)

Earlier reports

For a list of earlier reports by this Committee, see the Register of Committee Reports (1901 to current day).

Copies of submissions and transcripts of public hearings

Printed volumes of submissions and transcripts of evidence taken at public hearings for each of the above reports can be reviewed at the National Library of Australia or with the Committee Secretariat.

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