An Implementation Advisory Committee has been established by the Government following the release of last night’s Federal Budget.
The Minister for Education, the Hon Jason Clare MP, announced that the Implementation Advisory Committee will “undertake further engagement with the sector to inform the legislative design of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission and the new Managed Growth Funding System, including Needs-Based funding”.
The Government has committed to establish an Australian Tertiary Education Commission as a “steward of Australia’s tertiary education system”, a key recommendation in the Universities Accord released in February.
The advisory committee will be chaired by Tony Cook PSM, current Secretary of the Department of Education.
Other committee members are:
- Professor David Lloyd (Vice-Chancellor, University of South Australia)
- Professor the Hon Verity Firth AM (Vice-President Societal Impact, Equity and Engagement, University of New South Wales)
- Professor Stephen Duckett AM (Honorary Enterprise Professor, University of Melbourne)
- Professor Julia Horne (University of Sydney)
- Professor Tom Calma AO (Kungarakan Elder and 2023 Senior Australian of the Year)
- Professor Barney Glover AO (Commissioner of Jobs and Skills Australia)
- Ms Jenny Dodd (CEO, TAFE Directors Australia)
- Ms Natalie James (Secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Ex-Officio Member)
- Mr Ben Rimmer (Deputy Secretary, Department of Education, Ex-Officio Member)
