After announcing sweeping reforms to TasTAFE last week, Premier Peter Gutwein has remained tight-lipped on whether vocational education funding agreements will stay in place.
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The proposed reforms to TasTAFE were part of Question Time for the second consecutive day on Wednesday and circled what the reforms would mean for teachers.
Labor leader Rebecca White called on the government to confirm it could intervene to stop any planned redundancies and pointed to Hydro Tasmania's recent redundancies as an example.
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Mr Gutwein said he'd already answered a similar question yesterday.
"I said then that we will have more trainers and, importantly, there is a no-disadvantage test in place in regard to any transfer to Fair Work Australia. We want to see more trainers not fewer," Mr Gutwein said.
On Wednesday, The Examiner put questions into Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff to ask if the current funding agreement, which sees TasTAFE receive 80 per cent of the training budget, would remain. Still, there was again no clear answer given.
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"While we are keen to see the changes recommended by PESRAC in place, we will ensure we take the time to get the implementation right," Mr Rockliff said.
"All Tasmanians saw what can happen with rushed reforms when Labor introduced their disastrous Tasmania Tomorrow Reforms."
TasTAFE is funded from a combination of the state purse and federal skills agreements, which are under review by the federal government at the moment.
When asked if the Tasmanian Government would pursue an increase in federal funding for TasTAFE, Mr Rockliff did not provide a direct answer.
However, he did say that some "facts needed to be corrected" as a result of the Opposition's statements.
Mr Rockliff said TasTAFE would remain Tasmania's public education provider, and there were no plans to privatise. He also confirmed courses would remain heavily subsidised, and the government planned to increase teachers, not reduce them.
"The Tasmanian Liberal Governments Plan is to make a great TAFE even greater."
Mr Rockliff said he'd met with the Australian Education Union and the Community and Public Sector Union on Wednesday.
Ms White said Mr Gutwein's rhetoric on the issue was "code for job losses."
"Today in Parliament, Peter Gutwein said the reasoning behind his blow up of TasTAFE was to make it "fit for purpose" which we know is his code for job losses - it's exactly the same words he used to justify the sacking of Hydro workers," she said.
"The truth is, the government's plans to privatise TAFE will mean job losses, fewer courses and higher fees, while doing nothing to address Tasmania's chronic skills shortage."