The TAFE South Australia fiasco

So TAFE SA has been found non-compliant against national regulatory standards; that is the state government funded and managed Technical and Further Education college in South Australia. 

So far, the Chairman has been fired with the South Australian government appointing consultants to review quality assurance processes and a possible Senate investigation likely.

The question is, could TAFE colleges in Western Australia also be found non-compliant after the damning independent review by the national auditor in South Australia? So far fourteen courses have been found to be sub-standard. 

Now courses have been suspended and no longer allowed to enrol students until the non-compliant courses have been cleared. The questions are; will students have to be re-assessed? Will further academic study be required? Who will pay for this?

Could funding arrangements in Western Australia be affected or any other state or territory in the country for that matter? Could rorting even take place in the form of resulting fraud so full funding could be claimed when students are rubber stamped? 

With all the regulation involved monitoring vocational education and training in Australia, could misappropriation of government funds even occur? The was no indicators of misappropriation of government funds, this was purely related to compliance. 

Whilst these possible abuses appear to be vastly different to the challenges affecting TAFE SA, the question is, could they occur in different jurisdictions in Australia with pretty much the same results achieved by different means?