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Registrations are open for our live stream webinar on Friday, 28 November from 2:00pm to 3:00pm AEDT.

This session will focus on the 2025 Standards, which came into effect on 1 July 2025. It will highlight key insights from regulatory activities and emerging themes from ASQA’s ongoing engagement.

ASQA and the Tertiary Education and Quality Standards Agency have issued a joint sector alert to providers over emerging risks around workplace learning in early childhood education and vocational training.

The Administrative Review Tribunal (the Tribunal) has made a second decision to affirm the Australian Skills Quality Authority’s cancellation of a qualification issued by the former registered training organisation (RTO) Gills College.

The October 2025 edition of ASQA IQ – Integrity and Quality in Focus is out now.

This edition continues to explore key themes and frequently asked questions about the 2025 Standards.

ASQA is aware of a cyber incident involving the student management system VETtrak.

ASQA has been advised that as a result of the incident, providers using the system have been unable to access it, in full or in part, since 17 October.

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has tabled its Annual Report in the Australian Parliament.

The Annual Report outlines our key achievements, performance, accountability, and finances for the period 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) and the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) have jointly released the Dual Sector Regulatory Strategy, a key initiative under the Government’s Tertiary Harmonisation agenda.

The September 2025 edition of ASQA IQ – Integrity and Quality in Focus is out now.

This edition continues to explore key themes and frequently asked questions from our workshops and webinar on the 2025 Standards.

We've published the third edition of ASQA Update containing updates on our ongoing work to ensure quality vocational education and training (VET) including our comprehensive program of work we delivered to assist providers to transition to the 2025 Standards. We also look forward, touching on our priorities and key focus areas for the year ahead.

The August 2025 edition of ASQA IQ – Integrity and Quality in Focus is out now.

This edition explores key insights from the 2025 Standards.

ASQA is seeking to better understand the quality of delivery of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) training by registered providers.    

ASQA’s Corporate Plan outlines how we will respond to the evolving risks and challenges across the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

The July 2025 edition of ASQA IQ – Integrity and Quality in Focus is out now.

This edition explores commonly discussed topics and learnings from our workshops and webinar on the Standards, and provides insights into some of the most frequently asked questions we received during the question and answer component of the workshops.

The 2025 Standards for Registered Training Organisations (the Standards) are now in full effect.  

The June 2025 edition of ASQA IQ – Integrity and Quality in Focus is out now.

This edition explores one of our 2024-25 Regulatory Risk Priorities, international delivery.

Registrations are open for ASQA’s next engagement, a live stream Webinar on the revised Standards. It is not too late to engage with the revised Standards. 

ASQA has published its full suite of finalised Practice Guides for the sector.

The Practice Guides aim to support the sector to meet the expectations and requirements of the revised Standards for RTOs, which come into effect on 1 July 2025.

We have now published draft Practice Guides on Information and Transparency, Accountability, Fit and Proper Person Requirements and Credential Policy.

The May 2025 edition of ASQA IQ – Integrity and Quality in Focus is out now.

This is a special edition on preparing for the revised Standards.

We've published the second edition of ASQA Update to bring you up to date on some of our key areas of focus, our educative program for the revised Standards and regulatory updates.

The 2025 ASQA Provider and Course Owner Survey deadline has been extended, and it will now stay open until midnight, Friday 16 May 2025. 

We have now published draft Practice Guides on Training and Assessment – Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer and Compliance Requirements – Integrity of Nationally Recognised Training Products.

The revised Standards take effect on 1 July 2025 – be informed and be ready by attending one of ASQA’s newly launched workshops.  

The 2025 ASQA Provider and Course Owner Survey is open from 22 April 2025 until midnight 14 May 2025. Providers and course owners will have received an email invitation from ORIMA Research on 22 April to participate in this year’s annual survey.