INDEPENDENT Federal Member for North Sydney, Kylea Tink, has welcomed the Federal Government’s funding into TAFE NSW St Leonards.

With $3.2 million allocated for the campus, the funding will result in a cutting-edge LED Volume screen at the St Leonard’s campus media complex, in order for media students to enhance skills in the television, news, and film industry.

This funding comes from the Federal Government’s $50 million TAFE Technology Fund and works alongside the separate Fee-Free TAFE initiative.

‘TAFE NSW is a critical part of our higher education system, providing pathways for young Australians, as well as mature-aged students, to quickly develop skill sets that meet industry needs,’ says Kylea Tink MP.

Member Tink believes that this funding is a step in the right direction, allowing for the much-needed development of skills, job creation, and opportunities for the North Sydney electorate and the wider community as skill storages become present in the economy.

‘North Sydney is the perfect place for this investment and having met some of the impressive students at TAFE NSW St Leonards, I have no doubt that this new LED Volume technology will be put to good use,’ says Member Tink.