Education and Training Reform Act 2006

AMES Australia may perform all or any of the following functions—

to undertake generally the development and provision of adult, community and further education, vocational education and training, employment and other associated programs and services considered necessary for the objectives of AMES Australia;

to develop and provide specialist settlement services for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers;

to provide facilities or services for study, research or education;

to undertake research, development, counselling or other services on a commercial basis for other organisations;

to aid or engage in the development or promotion of research by AMES Australia or the application or use of the results of that research;

to prepare, publish or distribute or license the use of literary or artistic work, audio or audio-visual material or computer software;

to seek or encourage gifts to AMES Australia for the purposes of AMES Australia's objectives and functions;

to provide facilities for use by the community;

to perform any other function conferred on AMES Australia by or under this Act or an Order in Council made under section 3.3.28(1).

AMES Australia may perform any function referred to in subsection (1) within and outside Victoria and outside Australia.

Subject to any direction or guideline issued by the Minister, AMES Australia may engage in an activity on a commercial basis if the activity is consistent with, and does not interfere with, the carrying out of any of its functions referred to in subsection (1) or its strategic plan.