Media releases

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has joined the Fraud Fusion Taskforce, marking an important step to improved information and intelligence-sharing relationships with other government agencies.

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) welcomes the verdict and fine issued today to an entity for breaching the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act.

ASQA has welcomed the passing of legislation that enable greater powers to protect vulnerable students, take action against training providers doing the wrong thing, and drive improvements in quality vocational education and training.

ASQA has welcomed the investment announced earlier today by the Australian Government in our compliance, investigative and enforcement capabilities to strengthen our response to integrity issues in the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

A unanimous decision of 3 Federal Court judges has dismissed an appeal from ASQA’s decision to reject a renewal of registration.

The Federal Court has ordered a training provider to pay significant penalties for 11 contraventions of the NVR Act. 

ASQA’s Annual Report 2019–20 has been tabled in the Australian Parliament.

An ASQA investigation into misrepresentation of VET courses has led to a conviction and $10,000 fine for Qualify Me! Pty Ltd in the NSW Local Court.

ASQA released today its 2020-22 ASQA Regulatory Strategy, outlining its regulatory priorities to support improved training outcomes for VET and VET delivery for secondary school students across Australia.

The Federal Court has ordered a South Australian woman to pay significant penalties for 156 contraventions of the NVR Act.