MICK'S BIG NIGHT OUT 2013 - TAFE Directors Australia

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A message from Hon Wayne Swan MP
Mick was my mate and the most
important mentor I’ve ever had in my life.
He was an inspirational man of character
– someone who had an understanding
of people and knew the power of plain
speaking and strong beliefs. He was
tough, compassionate, and big-hearted.
Mick’s decency and his values are given
continuing life by the work of the Mick
Young Scholarships, and they lie at the
heart of the Gillard Government – a
Government that shares Mick’s vision
of education as the principal driver of
prosperity and opportunity in our society.
As someone who came to education
comparatively late, Mick Young understood
its unique power to enrich lives
and empower people.
The Mick Young Scholarships have
evolved and grown, and now sit under
the umbrella of the TAFE Directors
Australia’s National Scholarships
Foundation.
It is entirely fitting that Australia’s TAFEs,
which have been central to so much of
our skills development, will now oversee
these valued scholarships.
By donating to the Mick Young
Scholarships you will be helping
Australians of all ages in a very practical
way. It’s been too easy to forget, over the
past two decades of economic growth,
that for so many Australians, just a few
thousand or even a few hundred dollars
towards education costs can help them
make a decision capable of changing
their lives.
This makes your support for the Mick
Young Scholarships a marvellous way to
remember and continue the legacy of a
great Australian.
Thank you so much for being part of
Mick’s mission.
Hon Wayne Swan MP
Deputy Prime Minister
Federal Treasurer