Retain VET Fee-HELP funding for current students in tertiary courses Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/retain-vet-fee-help-funding-for-current-students-in-tertiary-courses.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:40 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Joshua Edwards [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21934418?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Dec 2017 02:05:48 UTC 21934418 Anonymous [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21160398?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Mar 2017 10:33:04 UTC 21160398 Lisa Lihou [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20819911?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Oct 2016 08:44:21 UTC 20819911 Kylie Long [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20808147?utm_medium=rss Please ensure the future of complementary medicine, by providing necessary funding to students and keeping Diploma of Reflexology on the list of eligible courses.

]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2016 06:18:28 UTC 20808147 Helen Cameron [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20803670?utm_medium=rss While I do not agree with these proposed changes, I do hope the government will allow students currently enrolled at the time of implementation to finish their courses in the safety of knowing that they have access to student loans at existing rates. Otherwise, there may be many forced to abandon their courses and be on government support while looking for employment. Surely that would be a more expensive outcome for the government, not to mention a bitter disappointment to those whose ambitions will have been dashed! Please behave with resposibility to those who have the best of intention to make a greater commitment to our community and our economy!

]]> Sun, 16 Oct 2016 09:46:42 UTC 20803670 Anonymous [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20800468?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Oct 2016 05:05:07 UTC 20800468 Cynthia Alguerno [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20797844?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:47:32 UTC 20797844 Anonymous [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20797801?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:28:34 UTC 20797801 Anonymous [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20797036?utm_medium=rss Dear Government,

Leaving thousands of Students in debt, unqualified and unemployed as a result of your changes to VET-FEE HELP certainly does not fit the bill of 'protecting students from dodgy colleges'!

]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:16:50 UTC 20797036 Anonymous [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20796947?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:47:28 UTC 20796947 Angela McPherson [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795774?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 06:06:49 UTC 20795774 Melanie van der Kooi [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795715?utm_medium=rss I will be unable to complete my course without vet fee help, and will be left unable to practice and therefore unable to pay back the debt I have accrued.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:40:49 UTC 20795715 Kelly Sutton [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795708?utm_medium=rss Diploma of remedial massage

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:36:39 UTC 20795708 Tracey Davis [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795657?utm_medium=rss I was fortunate enough to be in a position to pay out my course and work towards paying off a smaller Vet Fee loan. Others will be seriously inconvenienced and unable to continue studies. Holistic health is paramount to assisting the rebuilding of the current health care system.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:18:46 UTC 20795657 Lacey Evans [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795521?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:25:56 UTC 20795521 Anonymous [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795427?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:50:37 UTC 20795427 Claudia Lisle-Worner [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795418?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:46:47 UTC 20795418 Linda Renner [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795410?utm_medium=rss It is unfair to be cutting funding to those of us who are already committed to our courses. We are trying to improve our chances of future employment. We signed up with the understanding that we would have loan assistance so we could complete our course and that it was a LOAN - we would be paying it back. I'm due to complete my course mid 2018 but without funding I won't be able to do that. I'll be left with a huge debt and no qualifications. Cut funds for new students if you must but let those of us who are already working towards our qualifications and future access the funding we were assured was there

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:41:48 UTC 20795410 Bronte Logan [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795409?utm_medium=rss Everyone should have access to education. Esp those who plan to open their own business

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:40:49 UTC 20795409 Anonymous [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795361?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:20:23 UTC 20795361 Anonymous [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20795333?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:05:40 UTC 20795333 Sandra DeZwart [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20794534?utm_medium=rss I Commited to doing this course after being assured that I would be able to receive Vet fee Help until Dec 2018 to be able to further myself . So I gave up full time employment and now I am left with a huge financial debt and I may not be able to complete this course because I can not fund it past dec 2017. The government falsely represented this vet fee help and have not kept their word. So I either should be supported until the end of the completion date as promised or be freed of the already accrued debt.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:08:13 UTC 20794534 Karen Hayes [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20794236?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 08:21:43 UTC 20794236 Vanessa Johnson [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793893?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 06:35:47 UTC 20793893 Sonja Cooper [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793882?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 06:30:32 UTC 20793882 Hannah Whittam [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793832?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 06:12:24 UTC 20793832 Anonymous [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793784?utm_medium=rss I am due to finish my current course - Advance Diploma of Nutritional Medicine in early 2017. I have also taken on an Advance Diploma in Western Herbal Medicine - which is to be completed by Aug 2018. I feel that Mr Turnball should consider the thousands of students completing these adv diplomas and diplomas in certain modalities and allow them to complete the course under the vet-fee help scheme until the end of 2018. To ask a student to pay out the remaining of the course is absolutely ridiculous! This is just not acceptable. Why was the cut off date for the adv diplomas Dec 18? Why now has Mr Turnball decided to just wipe out the courses and leave student to pay back a extraordinary amount of money? They simply will not be able t pay it back and I too will not be able to pay back the $8000+ that I too will have to pay!
This is not fair and this is disgusting act of Government.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:56:07 UTC 20793784 Anonymous [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793753?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:44:21 UTC 20793753 Anonymous [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793723?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:34:18 UTC 20793723 Ross Walter [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793703?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:28:11 UTC 20793703 Paula Hall [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793680?utm_medium=rss If I haven't finished studies when VET help stops, I can't get a joke in my chosen field yet. So how does the Government propose we pay them back early???

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:20:16 UTC 20793680 patricia Williams [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793678?utm_medium=rss Not Fair to the people doing courses who cannot afford to pay to finish . Why do this to Aussies. but I guess they don't matter.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:20:07 UTC 20793678 Gillian Harvey [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793670?utm_medium=rss We need well-trained integrative nutritionists more than ever, to help turn the tide of the obesity epidemic, metabolic syndrome, T2DM and related complications including Alzheimers. The costs of these illnesses to the Australian Government in lost productivity and health funding is MASSIVE.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:13:57 UTC 20793670 Katie Austin [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793666?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:08:52 UTC 20793666 Kylie Tomac [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793653?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:01:31 UTC 20793653 Sheree Mitchell [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793636?utm_medium=rss Please extend VET FEE HELP until 31 December 2018.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:50:00 UTC 20793636 Cheryl Oakes [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793622?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:40:54 UTC 20793622 Trish Davies [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793612?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:34:36 UTC 20793612 Dean Reid [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793610?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:32:52 UTC 20793610 Anonymous [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793581?utm_medium=rss give us credit! we are not sitting at centrelink on unemployment benefits!!! All we want is to educate ourselves

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:14:48 UTC 20793581 Isabelle Tudor [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793539?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:46:19 UTC 20793539 Maryanne Damen [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793530?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:40:44 UTC 20793530 Tifini Lewis [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793506?utm_medium=rss Good day,

I would like to petition to have the VET FEE HELP extended until the cut off date of the course (Advanced diploma of Naturopathy) offered at AIAS until December of 2018. When I signed up for this course I started it with the assurance of being able to complete the course without worrying about the cost of it. This course is something I really want to do and have a yearning to learn. I have already set up my finances to pay off a small amount of the debt owed for the VET FEE help each fortnight. Please consider our plea.

Kind Regards

Tifini Lewis

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:26:38 UTC 20793506 Rachel Montgomery [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793499?utm_medium=rss Allow those who have started there studies to complete there qualifications with the help of vet-fee help and then the students will be able to pay back debts with completed quals.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:22:12 UTC 20793499 Marcelo Alguerno [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793464?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:04:08 UTC 20793464 Natasha Quinlan [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793463?utm_medium=rss I signed up with the understanding that VET fee was available for my course. I cannot complete my course if I VET fee funding is withdrawn.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:03:40 UTC 20793463 Anonymous [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793459?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:01:03 UTC 20793459 Stephen Brumwell [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793445?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:53:30 UTC 20793445 Karina Opazo [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793443?utm_medium=rss Advanced diploma in naturopathy

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:53:16 UTC 20793443 Jan Barletta [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793441?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:52:38 UTC 20793441 Anonymous [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793410?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:34:10 UTC 20793410 Katie Doddridge [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793371?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:21:07 UTC 20793371 Janram Yeetho [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793368?utm_medium=rss I am currently studying Advanced Diploma of Naturopath and will complete the course in 2018. The cancelation of VET Fee-HELP defenitely affects me.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:19:53 UTC 20793368 Joannne Murphy [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793364?utm_medium=rss Please extend for another 12 months

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:18:30 UTC 20793364 Alexandra Nicholls [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793351?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:13:29 UTC 20793351 Anonymous [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793325?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:04:41 UTC 20793325 William Bauer [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793277?utm_medium=rss My daughter is studying Advanced Diploma of Homoeopathy

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:50:48 UTC 20793277 Jaclyn Vanzuyden [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793270?utm_medium=rss Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:49:52 UTC 20793270 Peter White [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793267?utm_medium=rss My wife is studying Advanced Diploma of Homoeopathy

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:49:22 UTC 20793267 Susan White [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793259?utm_medium=rss For those already studying, let them finish with what they signed up, with the vet fee help. That way people will finish and there is more chance that the government will get there money back in the end with everyone being able to complete the studies they initially set out with vet fee help.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:46:45 UTC 20793259 Lisa Russell [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793235?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:37:21 UTC 20793235 SHARON FORBES [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793226?utm_medium=rss I am a student of naturopathy and western herbal medicine. I use my skills for both humans and animals. I have done Animal studies at UQ under HECS and this is now allowing my husband and I to start a small business. We do not get any government help in any other way except through Fee Help. We have paid for this course out of our own pocket mostly. There will be a very small VET FEE from this current course. I would have hoped to go further with my studies in the future, to go towards making a stronger business which then affords me to pay back my debt and pay taxes. As we pay taxes I do not believe our education should cost us anything. I understand the dodgy colleges need to be stopped, but that is your job, not ours and we should not be penalised for this job not being done. We should be supported to grow our business so we don't rely on government handout(which we get non of) and hopefully create more jobs, less government hand outs and more taxes paid. Makes good sense to me. I also have children who would like the chance to not have to rely on government payments and have a real future, That means free or affordable education.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:34:25 UTC 20793226 Brontie Hendry [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793225?utm_medium=rss I'm doing advanced diploma nutritional medicine. I love nowhere near a campus, I need to finish this course!

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:34:00 UTC 20793225 Christina Skinner [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793223?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:33:05 UTC 20793223 Katherine Savic [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793220?utm_medium=rss Please extend the VET Fee-HELP funding for Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy until teach out date end of 2018

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:32:27 UTC 20793220 Anonymous [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793181?utm_medium=rss I am completing AD of naturopathy, I need the money to finish my degree!

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:17:35 UTC 20793181 Anna Male [Signature #8] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793166?utm_medium=rss Advanced Diploma of Nutrition
Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:12:41 UTC 20793166 Julie Diacono [Signature #7] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793164?utm_medium=rss I want to finish my advanced diploma in naturopathy

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:12:12 UTC 20793164 Kerry Schnoor [Signature #6] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793149?utm_medium=rss If this comes into affect I will be close to completing my course but unable to afford the fees. This is my future being decided by someone else :(

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:09:13 UTC 20793149 Amanda Shepherd [Signature #5] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793126?utm_medium=rss Advanced Diploma Nutritional Medicine.

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:59:51 UTC 20793126 erin kiernan [Signature #4] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793093?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:47:10 UTC 20793093 Sharon King [Signature #3] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793066?utm_medium=rss Students should not suffer the consequences of poor management of education providers and the VET FEE loan system by the government. Let us finish our studies!

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:36:05 UTC 20793066 Jodi Campbell [Signature #2] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793052?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:31:19 UTC 20793052 Melita Mickan [Signature #1] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20793030?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:22:11 UTC 20793030