Labor to spend $37.8m to weed out ‘bottom feeders’ among vocational education providers

The ‘compliance blitz’ aims to crack down on rorts in the sector with the establishment of an integrity unit

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The federal government will launch a $37.8m “compliance blitz” to crack down on unlawful behaviour in Australia’s vocational education and training (Vet) sector as part of a suite of measures aiming to clean up dodgy providers in international education.

Speaking at the National Press Club on Tuesday, the minister for skills and training, Brendan O’Connor, will announce the establishment of an integrity unit within the regulator to identify and address threats to Vet.

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