Economic, Education, Jobs and Skills Committee

Inquiry into career advice activities in Victorian schools

Introduction
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Completed

Previous public hearings

Corrected transcripts of these hearings are published below when finalised by the Committee.

  • Meeting Room G7 and G8, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:00 AM
    ROUNDTABLE: Industry groups

    Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC) Nigel Muller, Executive Manager, Training, Auto Apprenticeships and Skills Victorian Farmers Federation Meg Parkinson, President, Victorian Farmers Federation Industrial Association and Chair, Workplace Relations Committee Restaurant & Catering Australia (R&CA) Jonty Low, Project Manager, Tourism and Hospitality Careers Council
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    10:45 AM
    ROUNDTABLE: TAFEs

    The Gordon Tracey Jeffery, Skills and Jobs Centre Adviser Keelie Hamilton, Director, Student and Industry Engagement Victorian TAFE Association Arnaldo Barone, Director, Policy and Advocacy Goulburn Ovens TAFE (GOTAFE) Jodee Price, Manager, Skills and Employment
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    11:40 AM
    ROUNDTABLE: Vocational Education and Training

    Holmesglen Institute Fleur Goulding, Executive Officer, Office of the Chief Executive, and Board Secretary Box Hill Institute Group Jane Young, Manager, Employment Initiatives Northern Melbourne VET Cluster and South East VET Cluster Vicki Bawden, Cluster Coordinator National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) Phil Loveder, Manager, Stakeholder Engagement
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    12:25 PM
    ROUNDTABLE: Disability service providers

    Amaze Braedan Hogan, Manager, Public Affairs and NDIS Transition National Disability Service (NDS) David Moody, State Manager Victoria Michelle Wakeford, National Ticket to Work Manager Victorian National Disability Coordination Officer State Network Andrea Evans-McCall
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    1:35 PM
    ROUNDTABLE: Supporting students with additional needs (part 1)

    Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI) Lionel Bamblett, General Manager Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) Emma King, Chief Executive Officer Carers Victoria Gabriel Aleksandrs, Policy Adviser
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    2:05 PM
    ROUNDTABLE: Supporting students with additional needs (part 2)

    Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare Inc. Joanna Humphries, Project Manager, Raising Expectations: Improving Educational Outcomes for Young People Leaving Care Mission Australia Aileen Lacey, Area Manager, Victoria Melbourne City Mission Dave Wells, Principal, Hester Hornbrook Academy, and General Manager, Early Years, Education and Employment
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    2:35 PM

    Hester Hornbrook Academy students Sinead McKenna-Reid, VCAL student Tnaysha Halemba, Graduate
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  • Meeting Room G6, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:00 AM

    Parents Victoria Gail McHardy Leanne McCurdy, Administration and Executive Support
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    10:45 AM
    ROUNDTABLE: Youth organisations

    Year13 William Stubley, Chief Executive Officer Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) Jan Owen, Chief Executive Officer Sherry-Rose Bih Watts, Associate, YLab Youth Affairs Council Victoria Jessie Mirchell, Policy Manager Youth Disability Advocacy Service Leah van Poppel, Manager
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    11:30 AM
    FORUM: students

    Victorian Student Representative Council Shannon Bone, Year 12 student Tom Saxton, Year 11 student Wren Gillett, Year 11 student Clare Joseph, Year 12 student Youth Disability Advocacy Service Marlee van Mourik, TAFE student
    Transcript Transcript - Marlee van Mourik

    12:45 PM

    Department of Education and Training Katy Haire, Deputy Secretary, Early Childhood and School Education Nick Beckingsale, Executive Director, Secondary Reform, Transitions and Priority Cohorts Division, Early Childhood and School Education Group
    Transcript Additional Information

    1:15 PM
    FORUM: Regional students

    Country Education Partnership Rose Vallance, University student Joe Collins, University student Alice Whitford, Year 12 student Nathan Grigg, University student Sam Rice, Year 12 student Xavier Healy, University student Emily Turnbull, University graduate
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  • Quality Hotel, Mildura Grand, 129-137 Seventh Street, Mildura, 3500

    9:30 AM

    Sunraysia Careers Network Sara Wrate, President Nicole Clisby-Weir, Vice President
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    10:00 AM

    Northern Mallee Local Learning and Employment Network Ron Broadhead, Executive Officer
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    10:30 AM
    ROUNDTABLE: Regional industry/business

    Devilee's Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Peter Devilee, Managing Director Lower Murray Water Peter Ebner, Manager, Business Development Olam Orchards Australia Robert Wheatley, General Manager, Almond Orchards
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    11:15 AM
    FORUM: Year 7–10 schools

    Chaffey Secondary College Graeme Forrester, Executive Principal Sara Wrate, Transition and Pathways Leading Teacher Red Cliffs Secondary College David Browne, Principal Amanda Boulton, Pathways Coordinator Merbein P–10 College Graeme Cupper, Principal Andrew Willison, Careers Coordinator Irymple Secondary College Jackie Horkings, Career and Pathways Adviser
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    12:00 PM
    FORUM: Students

    Chaffey Secondary College Campbell Griffiths, Year 10 student Jade Aitken, Year 10 student Red Cliffs Secondary College Sebastian McNabb, Year 11 student Dallas Gange, Year 11 student Merbein P–10 College Mackenzie Dunne, Year 10 student Kaycee Fleming, Year 10 student Irymple Secondary College Tamsin McLean, Year 10 student Siann Brookes, Year 10 student
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    1:15 PM

    Mildura Senior College Tracy Marr, Assistant Prinicpal, Transition and Pathways Linda Snoxall, VET Coordinator Bethany Simpson, 2017 graduate Izaal Luitjes, Year 12 student, Vice Captain
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    1:45 PM
    FORUM: Non-government schools

    St Joseph's College Mildura Debbie Bell, Careers Counsellor Julia Lewis, College VET Coordinator Tayla Pahl, Year 12 student Trinity Lutheran College Mildura Nicole Clisby-Weir, Pathways Coordinator Simone Palamara, Year 10 student
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    2:30 PM

    Sunraysia Institute of TAFE Robin Kuhne, General Manager, Education
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  • Meeting Room G7 and G8, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

    10:25 AM

    Private career service providers Judy O’Donohue, Director / Career Practitioner / Consultant, Career Me Now Steve Shepherd, Chief Executive Officer, TwoPointZero
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    10:55 AM

    Melyssa Fuqua
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    11:30 AM

    Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV) Bernadette Gigliotti, CEO Frank Thompson, President Phil Newnham, Executive Member Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA) Allan Moyle, National Vice President Louise Walsh, Member, National Career Development Committee
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    12:15 PM

    Mitchell Institute Megan O’Connell, Institute Director Kate Torii, Policy Analyst
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    1:15 PM

    Independent Schools Victoria (ISV) Peter Roberts, Director, School Services Aine Maher, Director, Education Services
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    1:45 PM

    Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals (VASSP) Sue Bell, President Colin Axup, Principal, Suzanne Cory High School
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    2:15 PM

    Victorian Local Learning and Employment Networks (LLENs) Jerri Nelson, Executive Officer, North Central Local Learning and Employment Network Trent McCarthy, Executive Officer, Central Ranges LLEN
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    3:00 PM

    Australian Education Union Victorian Branch John Graham, Research Officer Erin Aulich, Vice President, Secondary Justin Mallaly, Deputy President
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    3:30 PM

    Australian Catholic University (ACU) Jim Bright, Professorial Fellow (Career Education & Development), Faculty of Education and Arts La Trobe University Andrew Harvey, Director, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, Associate Professor of Higher Education
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