While VET and higher education lobbies united to applaud Tanya Plibersek’s proposal for a root and branch post-school review on Friday the government worked with what it had. “The Turnbull Government is already well down the path of significant reforms to Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector that will make it stronger, boost participation and make it an equal option for young people as a pathway to a rewarding career. … The irony is that Labor is planning to hold a review into fixing the long list of problems they created in VET when last in office,” assistant minister for voc ed and skills Karen Andrews said Friday.