Submission by ACT Vocational Training Authority into Australian National Training Authority

The document puts forward the Vocational Training Authority's (VTA) views on the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) in relation to broad policy issues (as distinct from matters of procedural detail). Information in the report includes: the VTA support of the ANTA Agreement's underlying principle of joint State/Territory-Commonwealth effort; ANTA should sponsor research to indicate how the expansion of training has benefited the nation; the Agreement should include safeguards to protect the principle of State/Territory autonomy; ANTA should introduce training performance indicators more relevant to industry needs; the Agreement should be revised to eliminate inefficiencies; ANTA should introduce a 'State by State' accountability process which takes into account the characteristics of the local training system; development timelines should be established through consultation with States/Territories; ANTA's adoption of financial performance indicators should make allowance for the diseconomies of scale suffered by the ACT and other smaller States/Territories. Show less