Vocational college Phoenix Institute set to lose registration after ripping off taxpayers

By Michael Bachelard, Matthew Knott and Henrietta Cook
Updated October 20 2015 - 10:28am, first published October 14 2015 - 4:50pm
Euroa couple Jacinda and Arthur Eastham, who were sold a course by a Phoenix Institute salesman. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Euroa couple Jacinda and Arthur Eastham, who were sold a course by a Phoenix Institute salesman. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
The Phoenix Institute of Australia, at 314 Queen Street in Melbourne, has been put on notice that its registration as a provider of vocational education and training is to be cancelled. Photo: Supplied
The Phoenix Institute of Australia, at 314 Queen Street in Melbourne, has been put on notice that its registration as a provider of vocational education and training is to be cancelled. Photo: Supplied
Phoenix Institute of Australia Photo: Michael Bachelard
Phoenix Institute of Australia Photo: Michael Bachelard

Dodgy vocational college Phoenix Institute has been told it will lose its registration after revelations that it was a multimillion-dollar get-rich-quick scheme masquerading as an educational institution.

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