This edition of the Country Education Profile for Australia provides a comprehensive description of the Australian education system incorporating the many significant changes that have occurred in Australian education since the last edition was published. The ECEF is a new company with responsibility for reshaping the way Australian businesses and communities work together with schools to prepare young people for working life. Enterprise and career education activities will be publicised to parents, business and the wider community under a strategy named Go Career and will be aimed at all secondary students and their parents. Further information can be found on the Minister's media release of 14 March Reshaping the way for Young People . The Department File Listing for the period of 31 July to 21 December 2000 has been released.
Students repay their loans through the taxation system once their income reaches a minimum level.
Preliminary Report has been released. The Workplace Reform Programme provides extra funding for staff salaries to universities which demonstrate their commitment to improving their workplace relations and management practices. The Second Round - Application for Assessment and Guidelines have now been released. The RTS aims to recognise and reward those higher education institutions that provide high-quality research training environments and support excellent and diverse research activities. The Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines 2001-2004 are now available.