A

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Action Plan 2019–2020, 93–94

Aboriginal Australians, see Indigenous Australians accountability and management, 81–109

Accountable Authority, 7

statement by, 14

accuracy of child care payments, 31–32

activity-tested job seekers, 65

Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS), 18, 29–30

Additional Estimates Statements, 29

Additional Identified Skills Shortage Payment, 54

Administrative Arrangements, see Machinery of Government changes

administrative tribunal decisions, 108

advertising and market research, 100–101

affordability of tertiary education, see Student Loans

aged care sector, 24

agency resource statement, 196–98

agriculture sector, 27

air travel, 104

Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration, 19

annual business planning cycle, 87

Annual Report 2018–19 corrigenda, 251–52

appointments, attendance by activity-tested

job seekers, 65

apprentices and trainees, 53–55, 91

employers satisfied with VET system, 51

trade support loans, 212–16

wage subsidy, 25

attrition rate for domestic bachelor students, 37

Audit and Assurance Committee (AAC), 83–87, 88

audits, 106

Australian Apprenticeship Support Network (AASN), 212, 213

Australian Core Skills Framework, 56

Australian Education Act 2013, 19, 20

Australian Government Actuary, 43

Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, 20

Australian Industry and Skills Committee Emergency Response Sub-Committee, 25

Australian Information Commissioner, 108, 225

Australian National Audit Office

(ANAO, Auditor-General), 67, 87, 106

Australian Qualification Framework, 21

Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), 24, 26, 52

Australian Taxation Office, 212, 226

awards and recognition, 91

Away from Base program, 41

B

bachelor students, rate of attrition for, 37

Boyton, Adam, 23

Building Skills and Capability, 51–58

bushfires, 21, 54, 91, 96

early childhood and child care, 18, 30

employment services, 65, 66, 70

business planning, 87

C

Career Starters Program, 91

Career Transition Assistance program, 26

Certificate III, see Year 12

Chief Digital Officer, 97

Chief Information Officer (CIO), 87, 97

Chief Internal Auditor, 87

Chief Operating Officer, 87

Chief Risk Officer, 87

child care, see early childhood and child care

Child Care Financial Integrity Framework, 31

Child Care Fraud Investigations team, 89

Child Care Safety Net, 29–30

Child Care Subsidy (CCS), 17, 29, 30, 31–32, 88–89

child safety, 96

Chinese students, 21

classification levels of employees, 242–47, 250

Closing the Gap initiative, 35, 59

cloud computing, 97

Commonwealth Child Safe Framework, 96

Commonwealth Grants Scheme, 36–38, 42

Commonwealth Ombudsman, 108

Commonwealth Performance Framework, 87

Commonwealth Redress Scheme, 96

Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students defaulters, 221–22

Community Child Care Fund (CCCF), 29, 30

Special Circumstances funding, 18

Community Grants Hub, 89

Compact with Young Australians, 34

ComparED website, 42

computers, see information and communications technology

consultancies, 99–100

corporate governance, 82–89

Tuition Protection Service, 218

corporate plan, 29, 87.50

Council of Australian Governments (COAG)

Skills Council, 25

court decisions, 108

COVID-19, 90, 91, 97, 104

early childhood and child care, 17, 18, 30

employment, 27, 59, 61, 62, 74, 75, 76, 77;

suspension of mutual obligation requirements, 65, 66, 70

higher education, 21, 22, 46, 47

schools, 20–21

skills and training, 23–26, 54 Student Identifiers Registrar, 226

Tuition Protection Service, 218, 219, 221

COVID-19 Human Resource Taskforce, 90

COVID-19 National Principles for School Education, 20

cyber security, 97

D

data breaches, 225, 228

Deloitte Access Economics, 23

Department of Education, 7

Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, 7

Department of Finance, 89, 91

Department of Health, 90

Department of Home Affairs, 89

Department of Social Services, 89

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 90

Department of the Treasury, 90

Deputy Secretaries, 87

Digital First service, 28

digital literacy, 24

digital services, see information and communications technology

Digital Services Division, 97

Direct Measure of Income methodology,19

Disability Employment Services, 61, 89

disability reporting, 109

disability support sector, 24

disadvantaged people, see vulnerable and disadvantaged families and communities

diversity and inclusion, 5, 93–94

Donovan, Dr Jenny, 20

drought, 18, 21

E

early childhood and child care, 3, 17–18, 29–33

fraud control, 31–32, 88–89

Early Childhood Education and Care Relief Package, 17

Early Learning and Schools Support, 32–35

early school leavers, 73

ecologically sustainable development, 102

Education Council, 20

Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000, 217

employees, see staff

employers

reporting use of VET system, 51–52

satisfied with assistance provided by jobactive organisations, 68

satisfied with skills of graduates, 42–43

employment, 26–28, 59–78

employment facilitators, 27

employment of graduates, 42–43

within four months of completing degree, 37–38;

research postgraduates, 44–45

international students, 49

VET, 55

employment services, 28, 59–78

see also jobactive

employment status of employees, 240–47

energy use, 103

English Language Intensive Courses of Overseas Students, 48

Enterprise Agreement, 92, 250

‘Entry into Care Roles’ skill set, 24

entry-level programs, 91

environmental sustainability and performance, 102–5

Exceptional Circumstance Supplementary Payments, 17

Executive Board, 82, 88, 92, 93, 95

executive development programs, 95

executive level 2 (EL2) employees, 95

expenses, see finance

export earnings from international education, 47–48

external scrutiny, 106–9

F

Fair Work Commission, 53

Family Day Care Payment Integrity Measure, 31

female employees, 240–45

finance, 98–101, 111–211

Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)

Tuition Protection Fund, 218–19

jobactive cost per employment outcome, 69

Overseas Students Tuition Fund (OSTF), 219, 222, 223

Student Identifiers Special Account, 225

Vocational Education and Training Student Loans (VSL) Tuition Protection Fund, 218–19

see also remuneration; Student Loans

financial statements, 111–92

Financial Statements Subcommittee, 87

flexible work framework, 91

foreign interference, 21

Foundation Skills for your Future Program, 24

fraud control, 88–89

child care payments, 31–32, 88–89

Fraud Control and Intelligence team, 89

Freedom of Information Act 1982, 108

full-time employees, 240–47

G

gender of employees, 240–45

Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education 2019, 21

global reputation taskforce, 21

governance, 82–89

Trade Support Loans program, 212

Tuition Protection Service, 218

government schools, 19

Government Schools National Support, 33–35

GradAustralia Awards, 91

graduate employment, 37–38, 42–43, 44–45, 49, 55

graduate program, DESE, 91

graduates, 36, 37–38, 42–43

international students, 49

research postgraduates, 44–45

VET, 52–54, 55, 58

grant programs, 100

Gross Domestic Product, 23

Guidelines to Counter Foreign Interference in the Australian University Sector, 21

H

Harvest Labour Scheme, 27

Harvest Trail Service, 27

health and safety, see work health and safety

higher education, 4, 21–23, 36–50, 224

Higher Education Loan Program (HELP), 43, 50

Tuition Protection Service, 217–22

Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) Tuition Protection Fund, 218–19

Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program, 39–41

Higher Education Relief Package, 21

Higher Education Superannuation Program, 38

Higher Education Support, 39–43

Higher Education Support Amendment

(Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020, 22

home, learning from, 20

home, working from, 97, 103, 104

human resources, see staff

Human Services Care Skills Organisation, 24

I

Inclusion Support Program (ISP), 29, 30

income support, job seekers moving off or reducing reliance on, 62–63

New Employment Incentive Scheme (NEIS) participants, 70

Transition to Work participants, 77–78

Indigenous Apprenticeships Program (IAP), 91

Indigenous Australian Government Development Program (IAGDP), 91

Indigenous Australians, 93–94, 99

Community Child Care Fund (CCFF), 30

higher education, 21, 41; postgraduate, 45

job placements sustained, 59

ParentsNext participants, 70, 72

preschool enrolments, 32

prisoners, 74–75

staff, 93–94, 249; entry level programs, 91

Year 12 attainment, 35

Indigenous Business in Everyone’s Business Committee, 93

Indigenous Higher Degrees by Research completions, 45

Indigenous Procurement Policy, 99

Indigenous Student Success Program (ISSP), 41

individual flexibility arrangements, 92

Infection Control Training Fund, 25

information and communications technology (ICT, digital services), 28, 97, 103

ComparED website, 42

digital literacy, 24

Jobs Hub platform, 27

MySkills website, 26

Student Identifiers Registrar, 225, 226

training packages, 25

Information and Technology Subcommittee, 97

Information Publication Scheme, 108

integration taskforce, 4

International Division, 23

International Education Support, 47–50

International Graduate Outcomes Survey, 49

International Student Survey, 48

international students, 22, 23, 47–50

from China, 21

Tuition Protection Service, 217–23

Investment and Implementation Committee, 97

Investment in Higher Education Research, 44–45

J

job placements sustained, 59–60

Transition to Work (TtW) participants, 76–77

Job-ready Graduates Package, 22

job seekers, see employment

jobactive, 26

caseload, 27

cost per employment outcome, 69

income support, job seekers moving off or reducing reliance on, 62–63

job placements, 59–61

provider appointments attended, 65

providers, 67–68

JobMaker plan, 3

Jobs Hub platform, 27

JobTrainer Fund, 25

Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, 106

Joyce Review, 23

judicial decisions, 108

K

key management personnel, 232–35

key performance results, 29–78

Student Identifiers Registrar, 227–31

L

language skills, 24, 56

leadership development programs, 95

Learnhub, 95

legislation

higher education, 22

schools, 19, 20

skills and training, 24; trade support loans, 212

literacy, 20, 24, 56

Local Schools Community Fund, 19

location of employees, 240–41, 248

low socioeconomic status, see vulnerable and disadvantaged families and communities

M

Machinery of Government changes, 7, 88, 90, 96, 97, 98

integration taskforce, 4

VET Student Loans, 50

male employees, 240–45

management and accountability, 81–109

market research, 100–101

mature age jobseekers, 26

media advertising organisations, payments to, 101

memorandums of understanding, 89, 97

Ministers, 6

Multi-Agency Data Integration Project, 19

mutual obligation requirements, 63–66

MySkills website, 26

N

National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), 20

National Cabinet, 20

National Careers Institute (NCI), 23

National Centre for Vocational Education and Research, 224

National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy facilities, 46–47

National Customer Service Line, 27, 108

national evidence institute, 2, 20

National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA), 41, 89, 99

National Office for Child Safety, 96

National Partnership on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education, 18, 32–33

National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, 96

National School Reform Agreement, 2, 19–20

National Skills Commission (NSC), 23

National VET Regulator Amendment Act 2020, 24

natural disasters, 18, 21

see also bushfires; COVID-19

New Employment Incentive Scheme (NEIS), 70

new employment services model, 28

New Employment Services Trial (NEST), 28

Non-Government Reform Support Fund, 20

non-government schools, 19, 20, 21

Non-Government Schools National Support, 33–35

non-government tertiary education providers, 217–23

non-ongoing employees, 240, 241, 243, 245–49

notifiable incidents, 96

Nous Group, 18

numeracy, 20, 24, 56

O

occupational health and safety, see work health and safety

office paper, 104

offshore and transnational education and training, 49–50

Ombudsman, 108, 220

ongoing employees, 240, 241, 242, 244, 246–49

online services, see information and communications technology

operating result, 98

Overseas Students Tuition Fund, 223

organic waste, 104

organisation and structure, 4–11, 82

organisation charts, 10–11, 82

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), cited research publications ranking, 44

outcomes and programs, 15–78, 196–211

portfolio entities, 8–9

overseas students, see international students

Overseas Students Ombudsman, 220

Overseas Students Tuition Fund (OSTF), 219, 222, 223

P

pandemic, see COVID-19

paper purchased, 104

ParentsNext participants, 70–72

parliamentary committee reports, 106–7

part-time employees, 240–47

pay, see remuneration

people, see staff

People, Culture and Engagement Committee, 93

People Strategy, 90

Performance Information for VET (PIVET), 57

performance pay, 92

Performance Report Subcommittee, 87

performance statements, 12–78

portfolio, 6–9

postgraduates, 49

employment, 44–45

preschool, 18, 32–33

Preschool Attendance Strategies Project, 18

prisoners, 74–75

privacy, 229

programs, see outcomes and programs

property portfolio occupancy rates, 102

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act), 82, 83, 88, 99

Public Governance Performance and Accountability Rule 2014, 83

Public Service Act 1999 section 24(1) determinations, 92, 250

purchasing, 98–191

purpose, 15

Q

qualifications, 21, 33–36

quality

higher education teaching, 42

university research and researchers, 44, 46–47

R

Reconciliation Action Plan, 93, 94

regional and remote students, 21, 22

Regional Employment Trials program, 27

registered training organisations (RTO), 224, 225, 226, 227

remuneration, 92, 232–39, 250

Audit and Assurance Committee members, 84–86

wage subsides, 25

research, 22, 44–46

Research Capacity, 46–47

research postgraduates, employment of, 44–45

research publications, 44

Research Training Program, 22, 45

resource efficiency and waste, 104–5

revenue, see finance

Review of Senior Secondary Pathways into Work,

Further Education and Training, 2, 20

risk management, 88

Risk, Security and Governance Committee (RSGC), 87, 88

Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarship Program, 21

S

satisfaction

employers, with assistance provided jobactive organisations, 68

employers, with skills of graduates, 42–43

international students, 48

Student Identifiers Registrar customers, 226, 228

Student Identifiers Registrar government partners, 230

with VET system, 52–53, 56–57; employers, 51

Work for the Dole participants, 64

scholarships, 21, 22

school leavers, 25

early, 73

Schooling Resource Standard, 19

schools, 19–21, 33–35

early leavers, 73

export earnings, 48

Science Fellowships Program, 91

Seasonal Worker Programme, 27

Secretary, 7, 82, 92

review, 2–5

self-employment, 70

senior executive service (SES), 92, 95, 236–37, 250

Services Australia, 18, 27, 89

secondments to, 90

shared service arrangements, 89

Shergold, Professor Peter, 2

skills and training (vocational education), 3, 23–26, 51–58, 217–31

international students, 48

see also apprentices and trainees

Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program, 56

skills of graduates, employers satisfied with, 42–43

Skills Organisation Pilots, 24

Skills Package, 23–24

small business, 99

Supporting Apprentices and Trainees wage subsidy, 25

The Smith Family, 18

socioeconomic status, see vulnerable and disadvantaged families and communities

staff, 90–96, 232–50

Student Identifiers Registrar, 224, 226, 230–31

working from home, 97, 103, 104

staff learning and development, 94–95

child safety, 96

Student Identifiers Registrar, 229

Strengthening Skills: Expert Review of Australia’s Vocational Education and Training System, 23

Student Identifiers Act 2014, 224, 225

Student Identifiers Registrar, 224–31

Student Identifiers Special Account, 225

Student Loans, 26, 50, 56–58

Higher Education Loan Program (HELP), 43, 217–23

Trade Support Loan program, 212–16

Tuition Protection Service, 217–22

superannuation expenses, eligible university employees receiving support for, 38

Support for the Child Care System, 29–30

Supporting Apprentices and Trainees wage subsidy, 25

Surveys of Employers’ Recruitment Experience, 68

T

teaching quality and higher education institutions, 42

Technology and Services Division, 97

tertiary education, 3–4, 21–26, 36–58

see also higher education; skills and training

tertiary qualification, 20–34 year old population with, 36

Time to Work Employment Service, 74

timeliness

Overseas Students Tuition Fund payments, 222

Student Identifiers Registrar, 225

Tuition Protection Service, 222

Torres Strait Islanders, see Indigenous Australians

Trade Support Loans program, 212–16

Transition to Work (TtW) program, 26, 75–78

Treasury, 90

tribunal decisions, 108

Tuition Protection Service, 217–23

Tuition Protection Service Administrator, 221

U

undergraduates, 39–42

employed within four months of completing degree, 37–38

unemployment, see employment

Unique Student Identifier (USI), 224–31

Universal Access to Early Childhood Education (UANP), 18, 32–33

universities, 4, 21–23, 36–50

Universities Australia, 46

V

vehicle fleet, 104

vocational education, see skills and training

Vocational Education and Training Student Loans (VSL), 26, 56–58

Tuition Protection Service, 217–22

Vocational Education and Training Student Loans

Ombudsman, 220

Vocational Education and Training Student Loans (VSL)

Tuition Protection Fund, 218–19

vulnerable and disadvantaged families and communities

Child Care Safety Net, 29–30

higher education, 21, 39–41

preschool enrolments, 33

see also Indigenous Australians

W

wage subsidies, 25

waste management, 104–5

web services, see information and communications technology

welfare to work, 62–63

Wellings Review, 21

women staff, 240–45

Work for the Dole participants, 63–64

work health and safety, 95–96

COVID-19, 90, 226

Work Health and Safety Act 2011, 95, 96

Work Health and Safety Committee, 95

workplace diversity and inclusion, 5, 93–94

Y

Year 12 (Certificate III), 20

international students from mainland China, 21

student attainment, 33–35

Youth Jobs Prepare, Trial Hire (PaTH) Industry Pilots, 26