ProGalor Hub Pty Ltd and Australian Skills Quality Authority

This matter concerned a review of decisions made by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) concerning ProGalor Hub Pty Ltd. ASQA had made a decision in September 2021 not to register ProGalor Hub under the *Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000* (Cth) and had also decided to suspend ProGalor Hub’s scope of registration under the *National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011* (NVR Act). The court was asked to review these decisions.

The primary legal issues before the court were the appropriateness of ASQA's decision to suspend ProGalor Hub's scope of registration under the NVR Act, and whether this suspension should be varied to a cancellation of registration. The court also considered a prior decision made in 2019, although the focus of the judgment was on the 2021 decisions.

The court considered the objects of the NVR Act, which include ensuring national consistency in vocational education and training, protecting students, and enhancing Australia's reputation for VET. The court also examined the powers of the National VET Regulator under sections 36, 38, and 39 of the NVR Act, which permit the Regulator to give directions, shorten registration periods, amend or suspend scope of registration, or cancel registration in circumstances the Regulator considers appropriate. In this instance, the court determined that the decision to suspend ProGalor Hub's scope of registration should be varied to a cancellation of its registration.

The court ordered that the decision of the National VET Regulator to suspend ProGalor Hub Pty Ltd's scope of registration be varied to a cancellation of its registration.