Australia’s Largest Vocational Training Cleanup Cancels 30,000 Qualifications

The crackdown has cancelled thousands of faulty certificates and forced multiple training providers to shut their doors.

Australia’s new integrity laws have triggered the nation’s largest VET crackdown. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Australia’s vocational education regulator has wiped out tens of thousands of qualifications and shut multiple training colleges in one of the sector’s toughest clean-ups.

Around 30,000 students have already lost their certificates as the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) cracks down on fraudulent and low-quality providers.