Kevin Ekendahl

I was shocked to hear that this young lad was coward punched and bashed in Albury NSW over the weekend in a completely unprovoked attack. He is now in The Alfred hospital and has been in an induced coma.

I have know Will and his family for several years and all I can say is that Will is such a gentle and kind young man, and he should have been safe to walk home after a night out.

Luckily the attack was captured on CCTV and those responsible have been arrested. But that doesn’t solve the underlying issue. Our nation has a serious problem with violence, our police and court system need to get better at supporting victims of violence and should be enforcing harsher penalties for the cowards who commit these abhorrent acts of violence.

Please share this post and talk about this issue amongst your colleagues, friends and family, especially with your sons. Young Australians need to understand that violence is never ok and one punch can kill!

My team at Audit Express are thrilled to be sponsoring the ACEVic 2019 Conference in a few weeks! I am also really looking forward to presenting.

Audit Express proud to sponsor 2019 ACEVic Conference - Audit Express The Power of Community Education, ACEVic Conference, 28 and 29 March 2019   Audit Express are proud to be sponsoring the 2019 ACEVic Conference which will be held in Melbourne from 28-29 March 2019. The theme of this year’s conference theme is ‘The Power of Community Education’. The conferenc...

Merry Christmas.

My team at Audit Express have worked very hard to organise this event!

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VET Policy Forum 16 July 2018 VET Policy Forum 16 July 2018

It's finally done. Well done to all of those who worked so hard to make this happen. It has been a long journey.

Australians have shown that justice and equality are important values we hold dear.

Providing assent to the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017.

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Our Kevin Ekendahl is presenting on the importance of managing student satisfaction at the VET Development Centre 2017 teaching and learning conference!

My team at Audit Express have painted our social media profiles rainbow, and we will be keeping it that way until Australia achieves ! Ask your boss to do the same.

We have painted our social media rainbow, and it is staying that way until Australia achieves

In Australia we place a great deal of respect and honour on our sporting heros and heroins. We name in their honour public swimming pools, stadiums, arenas and other such adulation.

So when these people decide to put out vile and hateful comments, commit violent crimes (in the case of an elite swimmer recently), take drugs, get drunk and defecate in hotel stairways or other abhorrent actions, the public has ever right to feel betrayed, outraged and call them to account.

The very recent comments made from someone who used to be a good tennis player once are hurtful, hate filled and homophobic. And know that I am very careful to call anyone homophobic.

Her comments are un-Christian and selective at best. Her insistence to focus only on people who are gay, le***an or transgendered, based on what is 'said in the Bible', demonstrates that she is a hypocrite of the highest order. For if we are to use the words in the Bible as a guide for morality and the basis for law making in this country the following should be applied with equal measure: abolition of divorce, the suppression of women (as they are not to rule over men or become preachers), polygamy, public stoning, slavery, state sanctioned r**e and other practices that civilisation rightly banned long ago.

The call to rename an arena in Melbourne are justified and warranted given that this person has so blatantly betrayed the trust and respect we put in her. Her name now represents intolerance, hatred and bigotry and she has soiled her reputation with her words. Her ability to hit a ball over a net better than someone else should not be the only reason the keep the name of this arena, and I think that there are many other talented Australians who deserve this adulation much more than she does.

Thrilled to be hosting the Prahran Liberals Gala Dinner tonight at Royce Hotel with guest of honour Matthew Guy. We are working towards winning back the seat of to ensure a Matthew Guy led Liberal Victoria State Government in 2018.

Pre-State Council forum with David Southwick, John Pesutto & Michael O'Brien.

I'm organising a dinner with the Hon Matthew Guy in April. If you'd like to come along please PM me and I can send you details.

📢 Audit Express update on Making the 2017 Annual Declaration on Compliance for your RTO 📢

📢 Audit Express update on Making the 2017 Annual Declaration on Compliance for your RTO 📢 All Australian Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) are required to submit an annual declaration on their compliance with the RTO Standards applicable to their organisation. ASQA and VRQA RTOs are required to submit the annual declaration of compliance to their regulator before Friday 31st March...

The room is packed here at the . It is good to hear from David Davis MP & John Pesutto MP Member for Hawthorn on the current crime wave across

It is time for the Victorian Labor Government to take some serious action on crime.

Both Labor and Liberal Ministers and Shadow Ministers have been pointing at each other to blame for the VET FEE HELP mess. No one has taken any responsibility for the debacle.

This report from the Australian National Audit Office is worth a read.

https://www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/administration-vet-fee-help-scheme

Administration of the VET FEE-HELP Scheme | Australian National Audit Office Browse our range of publications including performance and financial statement audit reports, better practice guides, Opinions newsletters and annual reports.

Congratulations to David Southwick and Marsha Thomson on receiving the prestigious Jerusalem Award. Their hard work and advocacy for Israel has not gone unnoticed.

📢 Audit Express update on ASQA's new audit model and the Fed. Gov. announcement of $840 Million in funding for youth training & employment 📢

📢 Audit Express update on ASQA's new audit model and the Fed. Gov. announcement of $840 Million in funding for youth training & employment 📢 ASQA have announced their new audit model. This is a game changer for RTOs and TAFE providers! ASQA audits will now focus on 5 Key Phases of the Student Experience and this will include ASQA undertaking student interviews to determine the risk of your training organisation.For more information on th...

There are some who call themselves 'Progressive' and yet there is nothing progressive about them. And there are some who call themselves 'Conservative', but they do not hold dear any true conservative values.

It's important to look at not only what people say but what they do.

I am genuinely really sad to be listening to Tony Delroy's last night on 'The Night Life'. He has been a constant evening companion to millions of Australians for more than 25 years. Although I've never met him I feel like I know him well and will miss calling out answers to his Nightlife-Challenge. Have a great retirement Tony.

Farewell to Tony Delroy Our Director of Radio reflects on Tony Delroy's incredible time with us.

📢 Skills First | Release of Victorian 2017 VET Funding Contracts & Provider Selection Process 📢

📢 Skills First | Release of Victorian 2017 VET Funding Contracts & Provider Selection Process 📢 The Victorian Department of Education and Training have just released the 'Skills First'  2017 Victorian VET Funding Contracts & Provider Selection Process. You can download the following VET Funding Contract & Provider Selection documents from SVTS:

📢 Skills First | Victoria's new 2017 training system and funding model. Draft Contract & Guidelines out tomorrow. Application process opens Sept 1s

📢 Skills First | Victoria's new 2017 training system and funding model. Draft Contract & Guidelines out tomorrow. Application process opens Sept 1s Victorian Minister for Training & Skills, Steve Herbert, has released a new Victorian training system and VET funding model for 2017.  The Skills First draft contract and guidelines are to be released tomorrow, and the application process commences on the 1st of September 2016. For more information…

Labor have announced their shadow cabinet. They've split the portfolio of Vocational Education/TAFE with Skills & Apprentices - one would have thought they go hand-in-hand.

And why would you have a federal Shadow Minister for TAFE when the Commonwealth does not own or operate a single TAFE?

Labor announces Kate Ellis as Shadow Minister for Vocational Education and Training, and TAFE. Labor has announced its new front bench and named Kate Ellis as the new Shadow Minister for Vocational Education and Training, and TAFE.

Congratulations on the new role as Assistant Minister for and Karen Andrews MP!

Karen Andrews named as Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills PM Malcolm Turnbull has announced his new ministry. The Hon Karen Andrews will become the new Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills.

It is very cold and foggy in Beechworth but there has been a steady turnout to vote. Good luck to all the Liberal candidates across the country.

The team at Audit Express commend Senator Scott Ryan for his work on the VET FEE HELP discussion paper. We encourage our clients and stakeholders to provide us with feedback to inform our response and to also respond directly to the discussion paper.

http://www.auditexpress.com.au/we-want-your-feedback-on-the-vet-fee-help-discussion-paper/

We want your feedback on the VET FEE-HELP Discussion Paper. - Audit Express We want your feedback on the Re-design of VET Fee-Help and the VET FEE-HELP Discussion Paper. The team at Audit Express commend the hard work Minister Scott Ryan has put into his VET FEE-HELP Review, and the re-designing of the VET FEE-HELP discussion paper. At Audit Express we value the feedback a...

Why would Labor oppose good policy? Because they wouldn't know what good policy looks like.

Check out the latest blog on recent updates to the transitioning of training packages.



http://www.auditexpress.com.au/extension-for-training-pack…/

Extension of training package transition period to 18 months for RTOs - Audit Express Extension of training package transition period for RTOs As many of you will know too well, there has been a surge in the number of training packages effected by the transition to the Standards for Training Packages. As a result many training packages have been endorsed by the Australian Indus…

Very pleased with the result of the preselection of Tim Wilson for Goldstein.
Well done also to Jeremy Samuel and Georgina Downer on a great performance.

I'm amazed at how many elected officials (and wanna be elected) rely on the media as their sole source of information. One sensationalist headline and they jump on the bandwagon. Do some research guys........ stop being lazy.

Thank you to Michael Kroger & David Davis who were here to support Owen Guest in his bid to win Melbourne Ports. Great evening with good Liberals who are keen to see a change in this electorate.

I think the only thing that the investigation into the Safe Schools Coalition program will find is that it is grossly underfunded.