In a class at TAFE today, we were discussing the concept of Labor and Liberal governments changing their format, leaning to the left or the right. I was asked to give an example of my suggestion that the Victorian State Government is leaning to the right. I gave the TAFE reforms as my example. I argued the same argument I've plastered on the TAFE4All Facebook site and pages to the editors in newspapers.

In a class that started out at the beginning of the year with 20 students, now down to 10, there was no understanding of the TAFE reforms, what they meant for the students, what it meant for the future etc.

Despite my teacher agreeing personally with my argument, she informed me that the private reviews already done on the City of Greater Geelong have shown that the reforms have not affected enrolments and this was passed on to the State Government's review. I explained that enrolments are not a sign of whether the reforms don't affect student numbers because enrolment is easy. The new system affected the people in charge of enrolments - they were new to the system and many of us got accepted and enrolled, and LATER informed that we did NOT qualify for fee help.