❓ Mr. Day questions the Education budget deficit, while Mr. Carpenter denies it, deflecting blame to the previous government's financial mismanagement in education.
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I refer to the speech delivered by the Director General of Education to the state executive of the Department of Education and Training on 4 September this year, in which he stated - . . . the Department’s budget is again under considerable pressure . . . At the moment the budget is in deficit and I urge you to deliver your programs wherever possible within approved funding limits. This is particularly important as we move into the pre election period. (1) Will the minister confirm that the budget of the Department of Education and Training is already in deficit, just three months into the financial year; and, if so, by how much? (2) Will the minister be seeking supplementary funding to address this deficit, or will programs be cut? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) In brief, the answers are no and no. This is like getting a dorothy dixer. It is a great opportunity. How could I pass it up? Who remembers the financial performance of the previous education minister? Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
(2) Will the minister be seeking supplementary funding to address this deficit, or will programs be cut? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) In brief, the answers are no and no. This is like getting a dorothy dixer. It is a great opportunity. How could I pass it up? Who remembers the financial performance of the previous education minister? Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) In brief, the answers are no and no. This is like getting a dorothy dixer. It is a great opportunity. How could I pass it up? Who remembers the financial performance of the previous education minister? Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) In brief, the answers are no and no. This is like getting a dorothy dixer. It is a great opportunity. How could I pass it up? Who remembers the financial performance of the previous education minister? Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
(1)-(2) In brief, the answers are no and no. This is like getting a dorothy dixer. It is a great opportunity. How could I pass it up? Who remembers the financial performance of the previous education minister? Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
(2) Will the minister be seeking supplementary funding to address this deficit, or will programs be cut? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) In brief, the answers are no and no. This is like getting a dorothy dixer. It is a great opportunity. How could I pass it up? Who remembers the financial performance of the previous education minister? Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) In brief, the answers are no and no. This is like getting a dorothy dixer. It is a great opportunity. How could I pass it up? Who remembers the financial performance of the previous education minister? Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) In brief, the answers are no and no. This is like getting a dorothy dixer. It is a great opportunity. How could I pass it up? Who remembers the financial performance of the previous education minister? Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
(1)-(2) In brief, the answers are no and no. This is like getting a dorothy dixer. It is a great opportunity. How could I pass it up? Who remembers the financial performance of the previous education minister? Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Government members: Yes. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was it like? Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Government members: Shameful! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was shameful. The former education minister racked up $300 million or thereabouts in deficits. It is no wonder that the Under Treasurer was writing letters to the then Premier and Treasurer saying that the previous Government had a problem, and that a significant component of that major problem was the education minister. The budget was $300 million in deficit. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Kingsley! Member for Vasse! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will tell the member for Darling Range - Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr M.G. House: I will tell you what: the next election is closer than the last one and you ought to be focusing on that! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
The SPEAKER: Order, member for Stirling! Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr M.G. House: Just get on with defending your record; don’t worry about the last Government’s record. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Stirling has a lot of experience. I will take note of and think about his words of wisdom. He tends to enhance my prospects at the next election and I am grateful for that. It is not just the people of Rocky Gully in which we share an interest, but also the entire great southern. The member for Stirling and I share a deep and emotional contact with all the people in the great southern, people who, I must say, almost uniformly recognise that this Government is doing a far better job in education than the previous Government did. The letters keep flooding in. I keep getting letters that say, “For God’s sake, make sure you win, because we would hate to go back to the previous regime, which closed school after school after school across Western Australia.” How many schools did the Leader of the Opposition close? It was a disaster. Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr P.G. Pendal: Go on, tell us about the polls. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will respond to that. People who did not put a bet on Adam Goodes about six months ago are wishing like crazy that they had backed him for the Brownlow. Anybody who is considering putting a bet on the next election should get in now while the odds are good. There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
There are significant cost pressures on the education portfolio, as the member for Darling Range knows. One is the teachers’ enterprise bargaining agreement, and there are other issues as well. However, I intend to manage those situations well and make sure that the budget for education and training is sustainable. That is unlike the approach of the previous Government, which went out of its way to be reckless and to threaten the future of not only education but also all service delivery in Western Australia.
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