❓ A parliamentary question regarding the allocation of $2 million for Gosnells Senior High School, specifically clarifying whether the funds cover general maintenance in addition to facility upgrades. The Minister clarifies the funds are earmarked for educational purposes, specifically the design and technology area, and that separate funds are allocated for general maintenance.
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Following the recent welcome announcement that Gosnells Senior High School would be provided with $2m for an upgrade of its facilities, there seems to be some confusion about whether these funds are to be used to upgrade facilities as well as to cover general school maintenance. Will the minister, therefore, please clarify for what these funds are earmarked and whether additional funds will be made available to cover general maintenance at the school? Mr BARNETT
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I thank the member for Southern River for the question, and I also thank her for joining me when the Government announced the $40m expenditure on school upgrades at Gosnells Senior High School. Gosnells Senior High School is typical of a number of schools offering good programs. In particular, it runs an excellent vocational program in its design and technology area. However, the facilities at the school date back to the early 1960s. In the case of Gosnells Senior High School, the $2m which has been allocated is specifically for educational purposes. In other words, it will not be used for general maintenance, administration upgrades or things like that; it will be used in the design and technology area. For a school like Gosnells Senior High School, which has about 1 000 students, $2m injected in one hit into its design and technology area will take the school up to the standards of new schools and will allow it to fully develop its design and technology vocational programs. Mr Carpenter: No, it won’t. It is not enough. Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Mr BARNETT replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question, and I also thank her for joining me when the Government announced the $40m expenditure on school upgrades at Gosnells Senior High School. Gosnells Senior High School is typical of a number of schools offering good programs. In particular, it runs an excellent vocational program in its design and technology area. However, the facilities at the school date back to the early 1960s. In the case of Gosnells Senior High School, the $2m which has been allocated is specifically for educational purposes. In other words, it will not be used for general maintenance, administration upgrades or things like that; it will be used in the design and technology area. For a school like Gosnells Senior High School, which has about 1 000 students, $2m injected in one hit into its design and technology area will take the school up to the standards of new schools and will allow it to fully develop its design and technology vocational programs. Mr Carpenter: No, it won’t. It is not enough. Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question, and I also thank her for joining me when the Government announced the $40m expenditure on school upgrades at Gosnells Senior High School. Gosnells Senior High School is typical of a number of schools offering good programs. In particular, it runs an excellent vocational program in its design and technology area. However, the facilities at the school date back to the early 1960s. In the case of Gosnells Senior High School, the $2m which has been allocated is specifically for educational purposes. In other words, it will not be used for general maintenance, administration upgrades or things like that; it will be used in the design and technology area. For a school like Gosnells Senior High School, which has about 1 000 students, $2m injected in one hit into its design and technology area will take the school up to the standards of new schools and will allow it to fully develop its design and technology vocational programs. Mr Carpenter: No, it won’t. It is not enough. Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
In the case of Gosnells Senior High School, the $2m which has been allocated is specifically for educational purposes. In other words, it will not be used for general maintenance, administration upgrades or things like that; it will be used in the design and technology area. For a school like Gosnells Senior High School, which has about 1 000 students, $2m injected in one hit into its design and technology area will take the school up to the standards of new schools and will allow it to fully develop its design and technology vocational programs. Mr Carpenter: No, it won’t. It is not enough. Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Mr Carpenter: No, it won’t. It is not enough. Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Mr BARNETT replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question, and I also thank her for joining me when the Government announced the $40m expenditure on school upgrades at Gosnells Senior High School. Gosnells Senior High School is typical of a number of schools offering good programs. In particular, it runs an excellent vocational program in its design and technology area. However, the facilities at the school date back to the early 1960s. In the case of Gosnells Senior High School, the $2m which has been allocated is specifically for educational purposes. In other words, it will not be used for general maintenance, administration upgrades or things like that; it will be used in the design and technology area. For a school like Gosnells Senior High School, which has about 1 000 students, $2m injected in one hit into its design and technology area will take the school up to the standards of new schools and will allow it to fully develop its design and technology vocational programs. Mr Carpenter: No, it won’t. It is not enough. Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question, and I also thank her for joining me when the Government announced the $40m expenditure on school upgrades at Gosnells Senior High School. Gosnells Senior High School is typical of a number of schools offering good programs. In particular, it runs an excellent vocational program in its design and technology area. However, the facilities at the school date back to the early 1960s. In the case of Gosnells Senior High School, the $2m which has been allocated is specifically for educational purposes. In other words, it will not be used for general maintenance, administration upgrades or things like that; it will be used in the design and technology area. For a school like Gosnells Senior High School, which has about 1 000 students, $2m injected in one hit into its design and technology area will take the school up to the standards of new schools and will allow it to fully develop its design and technology vocational programs. Mr Carpenter: No, it won’t. It is not enough. Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
In the case of Gosnells Senior High School, the $2m which has been allocated is specifically for educational purposes. In other words, it will not be used for general maintenance, administration upgrades or things like that; it will be used in the design and technology area. For a school like Gosnells Senior High School, which has about 1 000 students, $2m injected in one hit into its design and technology area will take the school up to the standards of new schools and will allow it to fully develop its design and technology vocational programs. Mr Carpenter: No, it won’t. It is not enough. Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Mr Carpenter: No, it won’t. It is not enough. Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Mr BARNETT: That is interesting. When I spoke to the teachers at Gosnells Senior High School, one teacher who had been at the school for a long time came up to me and remarked that this was the best news Gosnells Senior High School had had in 10 years, ever since he had been at the school. I say to members opposite that after making the announcement to the media, I went into the staffroom and announced the change. I say with some modesty that the staff applauded because they knew how important it was to the students of that school. Members opposite sneer, snigger and criticise government schools all the time. Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Returning to the question, I inform the member, because she gave me advance notice, that the $2m will go specifically into the improvement of those educational facilities. There has been an attempt by members opposite to imply that it will be used for maintenance. That is absolutely untrue. The Government has already made a commitment to perform the following work at Gosnells Senior High School this year: There will be a new casing for the irrigation bore at a cost of $8 500; vehicular barriers around the oval will be extended at a cost of $1 000; roof gutters will be renewed at a cost of $3 500; stormwater drainage between the library and the canteen will be improved at a cost of $10 000; a mechanical protection barrier will be provided below the gymnasium ceiling at a cost of $6 000; and money will be spent on a range of routine maintenance items. In other words, $39 000 has already been committed this year for ongoing maintenance and repairs at the school. The $2m has absolutely nothing to do with that. It is new money going into the school. It is a great pity that members opposite do not get out there and support our government schools, like this Government does. Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Dr Gallop: We send our kids to the schools. That is the sort of support we give, unlike you lot. We support them physically, emotionally and financially, unlike you lot. Where do your kids go to school, minister? The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Mr Court: Nedlands Primary School. The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
The SPEAKER: Order, Premier! Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
Dr Gallop interjected. The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
The SPEAKER: I formally call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time; and I went close to calling you to order, Premier.
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