Vocational Education woes

A new public Vocational Education model seems to be emerging in Western Australia , that will see more of the wealthier and focused youth finding positions in courses  ie. pre-apprenticeships .The removal of fee caps has taken away a major advantage the public provider had over private providers, this in itself you would think means TAFE must become competitive and not necessarily a bad thing. But this means a rise in fee's that most young students would struggle to pay or a student loan that some may fail to justify resulting in a smaller student intake. Coupled this with a massive budget blowout due to the incompetence of the previous Managing Director , TAFE has had it budget all but frozen with future funding cut. Private providers that haven't been around as long have other advantages in regards to technologies , not being lumbered with antiquated equipment and out of date training facilities.With a lack of funds and students and no fee advantage over private providers the future of  public vocational training seems unsure. To starve a facility of funding until it no longer can function efficiently makes it an easy target for change, to suit whatever the Governments agenda is.

Turning back the boats

Not being a Liberal voter and having a natural dislike for Tony Abbott one thing that intrigued me during the election campaign was the Liberals Party pledge to "turn back the boats" on and on early in the run up to the election we heard this mantra over and over.Now truthfully i don't think the average Aussie cares to much when a total stranger dies at sea , for refugee advocates and the media however this is gold as an agenda boost and a story to boot.Sovereign Borders is the name of the Liberal Party plan to tackle the situation of illegal immigrants arriving by boat.Its headed by a General Angus Campbell and as such will be ran as a military operation.Media releases will be drafted and released regularly but at the discretion of SB and the Prime Minister. This is a very logical step not necessarily the right one but  when dealing with people mistakes are made, errors of judgement take place and outright blunders due to incompetence happen.By removing the eyes of the nation the ability to play down these events becomes a simpler process of denial and omission.While it seems the actual events wont be be revealed to us in detail I'm still interested in an overview of any event as reading between the lines will provide hours of pleasant speculation while others suffer a brutal time at sea. The Abbott Government seem very Logical in there approach and by that logic individuals , the poor and desperate mean nothing .Its cruel but greed always is