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Historical VET loan transfer
For advice to VET students seeing historical loan amounts appearing on their ATO record please read Transfer of historical loan records for VET students.
VET FEE-HELP Student Redress Measures
The VET Student Loans Ombudsman (VSLO) in the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman is the primary contact point for any person who believes that they have a VET FEE‑HELP debt which they should not have. This includes complaints under the VET FEE‑HELP Student Redress Measures, which allow the Secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations to re‑credit a student's VET FEE HELP debt if they did not complete the units of study and it is reasonably likely the debt was incurred through the inappropriate conduct of their VET provider.
You must contact the Commonwealth Ombudsman VET Student Loans before 31 December 2023 if you want your complaint assessed under the VET FEE‑HELP Student Redress Measures.
For more information on how to submit a complaint go to the Commonwealth Ombudsman VET Student Loans website.
For more information on the measures go to the VET FEE-HELP Student Redress Measures fact sheet available on the Tools and Resources page of the Commonwealth Ombudsman website.
Notice for former students
If you were enrolled into a course with any of the below education providers, you may have had your VET FEE-HELP debt removed.
- ACT Education Group Pty Ltd (ACTEG)
- College of Creative Design and Arts Pty Ltd (CCDA)
- Careers Australia Education Institute Pty Ltd
- Harvest Education Technical College Pty Ltd (Harvest)
- Study Group Australia Pty Ltd (Study Group)
- Phoenix Institute of Australia Pty Ltd (Phoenix)
- Australian College of Training and Employment Pty Ltd (ACTE) also trading as Evocca College
- Australian Vocational Learning Institute Pty Ltd (AVLI)
- MHM Australasia Pty Ltd (MHM)
- Australian Careers Institute (Sage)
- Conwal Associates Pty Ltd
- Phoenix Institute of Australia Pty Ltd
- Smart City Vocational College Pty Ltd
- Australian Institute of Professional Education Pty Ltd (AIPE)
- ASCET Institute of Technology Pty Ltd
- The Australian Academy of Business
- Unique International College Pty Ltd
- Asia Pacific Training Institute Pty Ltd
- Franklyn Scholar Pty Ltd
- Cornerstone Investments (Aust) Pty Ltd trading as Empower Institute (Empower Institute)
- Careers Australia Education Institute Pty Ltd (Careers)
- Productivity Partners Pty Ltd (trading as Captain Cook College)
- Cornerstone Investment Aust Pty Ltd (trading as ‘Empower Institute’) from 1 June 2014 to 15 December 2014
Websites
MySkills
Students can search for courses and course providers, including VET Student Loan Approved courses and providers at MySkills website.
Study Assist
Information for students about government assistance for financing tertiary study is available at Study Assist website.
Information for VET FEE-HELP Students – FAQs
I still need help
If the FAQ's above have not answered your question, you can submit an enquiry using the VET FEE-HELP Student enquiry form.
VET FEE-HELP students enquiry form
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