TAFE Victoria

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Skills Victoria is the Victorian Government body that oversees Victoria's independent TAFE Institutes.

In 2012, the Victorian Liberal/National Coalition, under the leadership of Premier Ted Baillieu made large funding cuts (over $300M) to the TAFE public education system, resulting in many course being cut, campus closures and job losses.{{cite web | first = Leesa | last = Wheelahan | work = The Conversation | date = 20 September 2012 | url = http://theconversation.com/tafe-cuts-will-affect-everyone-state-governments-should-think-again-9687 | title =TAFE cuts will affect everyone: state governments should think again | archivedate=25 June 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625094534/http://theconversation.com/tafe-cuts-will-affect-everyone-state-governments-should-think-again-9687}}{{cite web | first = Josh | last = Gordon | newspaper = The Age|publisher=Fairfax Media | date = 14 September 2012 | url = http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/deeper-tafe-cuts-revealed-in-secret-documents-20120913-25v7o.html | title = Deeper TAFE cuts revealed in secret documents | archivedate=7 December 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207190308/http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/deeper-tafe-cuts-revealed-in-secret-documents-20120913-25v7o.html}}