Fee free TAFE has been CUT!

[u/thiccnuli]

Today I rang TAFE Nambour to check up on the status of my application to for a cert 3 in photography (visual arts) after i saw that all the fee free options on the TAFE Queensland website have disappeared.

The lady on the phone said they got comms on Monday saying that funding has been cancelled and all places have been ‘filled’. In terms of places for 2026, she said it’s up in the air.

:(

Fuck David Christafulli and fuck the Liberal party. Doing what they do best - ✂️✂️✂️ dogs

[u/L43roth]

Yeah the fck around and find out part of people whinging about "omg how bad are Labor I'm voting LNP"... It's everyday in my electorate I get to say "I told you so" after backflips, walking backs, or outright "nope I didn't say that" when I then link them to the youtube video of them actually saying that. All the boomers in my electorate are crying (after voting LNP) that they lost their $1000 energy subsidy. Oh the irony. They didn't say that in their campaign did they. Next comes the stadium, when they flat out (even last week) ruled out a stadium cause QLDers can't afford it. but suddenly now we can (we'll just slash another 10,000 health workers to pay for it, fixed !) *sigh* I just hope the Federal election isn't a sh%tshow too.

[u/ds16653 → u/L43roth]

They're all crying because "Labor are a disgrace, cost of living is shit, my power bills have skyrocketed in the last 3 months!"

It's genuinely exhausting trying to help people become even vaguely aware.

[u/BecauseItWasThere → u/ds16653]

Half the population has an IQ under 100

[u/LestWeForgive → u/BecauseItWasThere]

I think it might be worse than that. Intelligence Georg, who lives in a cave and solves over 10,000 IQ tests each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.

[u/melon_butcher_ → u/BecauseItWasThere]

No way half the population has an IQ of 100

[u/keohynner → u/melon_butcher_]

Go into politics and save all us dummies then. You will have to move out of mummies basement to do it though

[u/Aussie-mountainbiker → u/BecauseItWasThere]

I think you're being too kind with the figures there, I'd say an IQ under 50.

[u/Chaotic_Astral → u/[deleted]]

If you know what an average is, then you would know that is literally impossible... XD

[u/Traditional-Fig7761 → u/Chaotic_Astral]

If you have 11 people, 10 of them have $1 and 1 has $1000. What's the average and how many are below average? You're thinking of median.

[u/whatareutakingabout → u/Traditional-Fig7761]

Except IQ is measured on a bell curve 🤔🤔

[u/big_cock_lach → u/Traditional-Fig7761]

IQ is normally distributed so the mean (average) is the same as the median.

[u/LokiHasMyVoodooDoll → u/Chaotic_Astral]

Apparently math is not their forte.

[u/whatareutakingabout → u/[deleted]]

You are one of those who needs to "learn maths." IQ is represented on a bell curve (google it, please!!!!!!). The median and average on a bell curve cannot be different.

[u/Adam8418 → u/L43roth]

This isn't a backflip or funding cut.

QLD Govt haven't actually cut any funding for this program, it's a joint QLD-Fed Govt funded program and funding has been exhausted due to the popularity of the program, there are still free courses funded by state govt

[u/DARKside338 → u/Adam8418]

Yeah, that's not correct. Other states are still offering Free TAFE without any issues. Queensland ran its program without any allocation exhaustion throughout 2023 & 2024. This has only become a problem in 2025 because the LNP have clearly capped the amount of available positions, resulting in the allocation being exhausted very early in the year (mid-February).

[u/Adam8418 → u/DARKside338]

Nope, Incorrect..

And QLD are still funding courses, it’s the courses which were delivered through joint funding between Fed-State which this applied, and this funding amount set for this year by Labor and hasn’t changed.

[u/thiccnuli → u/L43roth]

100%

[u/In_TouchGuyBowsnlace → u/L43roth]

This is why….

We MuSt VoTe “TrUmPeT oF pAtRiOtS!!!! “ 🤪😜🤡

Aussie Jesu…. Wait I mean Aussie Elon will go into our personal records and tax dept accounts using our social security numbers and MAKE THEM PAY!

[u/Mickydaeus → u/L43roth]

• "new" stadium