About
About AHBA
• Why Choose the Australian Hair & Beauty Academy?
Where craft, confidence and career meet
AHBA was founded on a simple idea: the best beauty training happens inside a working salon, taught by people who still work on the floor. Beginning September 2026, AHBA opens its doors as a brand-new RTO delivering nationally recognised qualifications under the Standards for RTOs 2025.
With small cohorts, individual attention, and direct industry mentoring across the Gold Coast's most respected working salons, AHBA students start treating real clients from their very first units.
AHBA is a sole-trader RTO led by Stacey Terese Ngaro (ABN 97 768 349 942), with primary delivery from the Genuine Love Building (Currumbin Waters) including Salon First and Gecko Hall · Vika.
Meet Our Founder
Meet our CEO — Stacey Terese Ngaro
"From the moment I opened my first salon, I knew teaching was as much my craft as styling. AHBA is the academy I always wished existed — small, focused, salon-based, and led by people who still pick up the scissors every day."
Stacey is a qualified hairdresser, beauty therapist and TAE-qualified trainer with two decades of experience running and staffing working salons. She launched AHBA to give the next generation of Australian stylists, therapists and salon owners the kind of grounded, real-client training she built her own career on.
Why Choose Our Hair & Beauty Academy
Setting a new benchmark in salon-based education
Industry Experts
Trainers who still work as stylists, therapists and salon owners — not theory-only educators.
Practical Experience
Hands-on training in working salons, treating real clients from your very first unit.
Job-Ready Graduates
Every qualification is built around portfolios and skill sets that salons actually hire for.
Modern Facilities
The Genuine Love Building gives you full-spectrum exposure — from training to retail floor.
Salon-Based Learning
"On-Salon" study program available to all Diploma students
Diploma cohorts work alongside salon staff in the Genuine Love Building — earning real industry hours alongside their study.