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Compliance with the national Standards has increased, but more work needs to be done.

On 2 September, training.gov.au will cease automatically displaying your implicit skill set registration.

RTOs subject to a site audit by ASQA continue to express satisfaction with the process.

ASQA has suspended the registration of St Stephen Institute of Technology (RTO 22336) and Symbiosis Institute of Technical Education (RTO 22331).

ASQA has approved an extended transition period for HLT51612 Diploma of Nursing.

Australia and China have signed a MoU to strengthen collaboration on quality assurance for VET.

ASQA rejects any conclusion that it has not acted to investigate and take appropriate action in relation to concerns regarding the quality of vocational training and assessment.

RTOs could be registered for up to seven years under changes recently implemented by ASQA.

The Guide to developing assessment tools has been designed to help RTOs and their assessors to develop practical assessment tools that meet the requirements of the new Standards.

Transition advice for VRQA RTOs transferring to ASQA is now available.

Replaces the former General direction—transition and teach-out.

ASQA has approved a tuition assurance scheme operated by TAFE Directors Australia as suitable for the protection of fees prepaid by VET students.

ASQA has commenced conducting all audits against the Standards for RTOs 2015.

ASQA has commenced issuing some CRICOS invoices through ASQAnet.

Existing Vocational Graduate Certificates and Vocational Graduate Diplomas retitled as Graduate Certificates and Graduate Diplomas respectively.

NEAS is working with ASQA to reduce red tape for ASQA-regulated ELICOS and ELT providers.

There has been a range of media comment regarding the Vocation group.

ASQA is currently developing comprehensive information about the transition to the new RTO standards.

In a further effort to reduce its regulatory burden, ASQA will waive the fee payable by training providers when applying to change course duration details on CRICOS.

ASQA's latest site audit survey shows RTOs continue to express high satisfaction with auditing procedures and auditors.

ASQA has secured a criminal prosecution against a training manager of a RTO who used fraudulent documents in an attempt to demonstrate compliance with the national standards.

SkillsDMC is currently reviewing Assessment Requirements across the RII training package.

ASQA recently became aware of a website implying that the software it was promoting was endorsed or "proven" by ASQA.

As of 24 July 2014, ASQA will be extending a reform to update equivalent training package products to provider registrations on CRICOS.