Don Zoellner The Northern Institute Do not pass go, do not collect $200 THE PRIORITY GIVEN TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION RESEARCH AND POLICY

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200| April 2012 | Slide 2 Repositioning VET Wacquant’s ‘prisonfare’ Northern Territory case study Introduction

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200| April 2012 | Slide 3 Minister Evans Skills Australia Loic Wacquant Across the political spectrum Genuine policy innovation to manage the population Literature

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200| April 2012 | Slide 4 VET and Justice expenditure in the NT Since self-government Reports on Government Services Research Methods

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200| April 2012 | Slide 5 Financial YearJusticeVETSource $27m$12m(Northern Territory of Australia 1979)Northern Territory of Australia $54m$24m(Northern Territory of Australia 1984)Northern Territory of Australia $90m$43m(Northern Territory of Australia 1989)Northern Territory of Australia $134m$85m(Northern Territory of Australia 1995)Northern Territory of Australia $188m$81m(Northern Territory Treasury 2000)Northern Territory Treasury $285m$79m(Northern Territory Treasury 2005)Northern Territory Treasury $445m$89m(Northern Territory Government 2009)Northern Territory Government 2009 Table One: Budget Allocations to Justice and VET since Self-Government

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200| April 2012 | Slide 6 Financial YearNumbers of PrisonersNumbers on Community Corrections Orders Source (Productivity Commission 1997)Productivity Commission (Productivity Commission 2002)Productivity Commission (Productivity Commission 2007)Productivity Commission (Productivity Commission 2011)Productivity Commission 2011 Table Two – Numbers of NT Prisoners and Community Corrections Orders

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200| April 2012 | Slide 7 YearHours DeliveredNumbers of StudentsSource (Productivity Commission 1997)Productivity Commission (Productivity Commission 2002)Productivity Commission (Productivity Commission 2007)Productivity Commission (Productivity Commission 2011)Productivity Commission 2011 Table Three – NT VET Hours and Student Numbers

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200| April 2012 | Slide 8 Mandatory sentencing A new government VET no longer competes solely in education Economically rational choice making citizens Conflation of unemployment and crime ‘Soft on crime’ Discussion