Education Minister Simon Birmingham has indicated he will take a more hands-on role in fixing the country's scandal-plagued vocational education system following Malcolm Turnbull's frontbench reshuffle.
In his reshuffle, Mr Turnbull appointed Queensland MP Karen Andrews as assistant minister for vocational education, making her the fourth person to hold the portfolio within a year.
The high turnover of ministers - and the demotion of the portfolio to an assistant ministry role - caused some concern in the sector because the government has promised to redesign the troubled VET FEE-HELP loans scheme before next year.