❓ A parliamentary question regarding the closure of Blackmore Primary School and alleged misleading statements by the Minister for Education. The Minister denies misleading the house and accuses the questioner of hypocrisy and past misconduct.
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BLACKMORE PRIMARY SCHOOL - CLOSURE
I refer to a circular from the Department of Education and Training to the Blackmore Parents and Citizens Association that clearly acknowledges that there was no community consultation about the school’s closure. It states that, although the stage 1 proposals were put out for community consultation, the stage 2 proposal - the component involving Blackmore - did not go out for community consultation as such. (1) Why did the minister mislead the house yesterday when he said that there was consultation regarding the closure of Blackmore Primary School, when a circular from his own department clearly outlines that there was none? (2) Does the minister concede that he failed to comply with his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN
I refer to a circular from the Department of Education and Training to the Blackmore Parents and Citizens Association that clearly acknowledges that there was no community consultation about the school’s closure. It states that, although the stage 1 proposals were put out for community consultation, the stage 2 proposal - the component involving Blackmore - did not go out for community consultation as such. (1) Why did the minister mislead the house yesterday when he said that there was consultation regarding the closure of Blackmore Primary School, when a circular from his own department clearly outlines that there was none? (2) Does the minister concede that he failed to comply with his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN
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(1)-(2) The answer is no and no - neither of the above. Here we see crocodile tears from a person who does not care about anything or anyone but himself. He has a record in public life of saying one thing and doing another. That has been his experience over two and a half years in this Parliament. He gets all angry, rambunctious and loud because we point out the truth about him all the time, and his colleagues know it. He got involved in corrupt dealings with Noel Crichton-Browne. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Minister for Education and Training accused the member for Vasse - the Deputy Leader of the Opposition - of being involved in corrupt deals with Noel Crichton-Browne. That is clearly impugning his reputation. I demand that he withdraw and apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
(1) Why did the minister mislead the house yesterday when he said that there was consultation regarding the closure of Blackmore Primary School, when a circular from his own department clearly outlines that there was none? (2) Does the minister concede that he failed to comply with his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) The answer is no and no - neither of the above. Here we see crocodile tears from a person who does not care about anything or anyone but himself. He has a record in public life of saying one thing and doing another. That has been his experience over two and a half years in this Parliament. He gets all angry, rambunctious and loud because we point out the truth about him all the time, and his colleagues know it. He got involved in corrupt dealings with Noel Crichton-Browne. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Minister for Education and Training accused the member for Vasse - the Deputy Leader of the Opposition - of being involved in corrupt deals with Noel Crichton-Browne. That is clearly impugning his reputation. I demand that he withdraw and apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
(2) Does the minister concede that he failed to comply with his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) The answer is no and no - neither of the above. Here we see crocodile tears from a person who does not care about anything or anyone but himself. He has a record in public life of saying one thing and doing another. That has been his experience over two and a half years in this Parliament. He gets all angry, rambunctious and loud because we point out the truth about him all the time, and his colleagues know it. He got involved in corrupt dealings with Noel Crichton-Browne. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Minister for Education and Training accused the member for Vasse - the Deputy Leader of the Opposition - of being involved in corrupt deals with Noel Crichton-Browne. That is clearly impugning his reputation. I demand that he withdraw and apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) The answer is no and no - neither of the above. Here we see crocodile tears from a person who does not care about anything or anyone but himself. He has a record in public life of saying one thing and doing another. That has been his experience over two and a half years in this Parliament. He gets all angry, rambunctious and loud because we point out the truth about him all the time, and his colleagues know it. He got involved in corrupt dealings with Noel Crichton-Browne. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Minister for Education and Training accused the member for Vasse - the Deputy Leader of the Opposition - of being involved in corrupt deals with Noel Crichton-Browne. That is clearly impugning his reputation. I demand that he withdraw and apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
(1)-(2) The answer is no and no - neither of the above. Here we see crocodile tears from a person who does not care about anything or anyone but himself. He has a record in public life of saying one thing and doing another. That has been his experience over two and a half years in this Parliament. He gets all angry, rambunctious and loud because we point out the truth about him all the time, and his colleagues know it. He got involved in corrupt dealings with Noel Crichton-Browne. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Minister for Education and Training accused the member for Vasse - the Deputy Leader of the Opposition - of being involved in corrupt deals with Noel Crichton-Browne. That is clearly impugning his reputation. I demand that he withdraw and apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
(1) Why did the minister mislead the house yesterday when he said that there was consultation regarding the closure of Blackmore Primary School, when a circular from his own department clearly outlines that there was none? (2) Does the minister concede that he failed to comply with his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) The answer is no and no - neither of the above. Here we see crocodile tears from a person who does not care about anything or anyone but himself. He has a record in public life of saying one thing and doing another. That has been his experience over two and a half years in this Parliament. He gets all angry, rambunctious and loud because we point out the truth about him all the time, and his colleagues know it. He got involved in corrupt dealings with Noel Crichton-Browne. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Minister for Education and Training accused the member for Vasse - the Deputy Leader of the Opposition - of being involved in corrupt deals with Noel Crichton-Browne. That is clearly impugning his reputation. I demand that he withdraw and apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
(2) Does the minister concede that he failed to comply with his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) The answer is no and no - neither of the above. Here we see crocodile tears from a person who does not care about anything or anyone but himself. He has a record in public life of saying one thing and doing another. That has been his experience over two and a half years in this Parliament. He gets all angry, rambunctious and loud because we point out the truth about him all the time, and his colleagues know it. He got involved in corrupt dealings with Noel Crichton-Browne. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Minister for Education and Training accused the member for Vasse - the Deputy Leader of the Opposition - of being involved in corrupt deals with Noel Crichton-Browne. That is clearly impugning his reputation. I demand that he withdraw and apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) The answer is no and no - neither of the above. Here we see crocodile tears from a person who does not care about anything or anyone but himself. He has a record in public life of saying one thing and doing another. That has been his experience over two and a half years in this Parliament. He gets all angry, rambunctious and loud because we point out the truth about him all the time, and his colleagues know it. He got involved in corrupt dealings with Noel Crichton-Browne. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Minister for Education and Training accused the member for Vasse - the Deputy Leader of the Opposition - of being involved in corrupt deals with Noel Crichton-Browne. That is clearly impugning his reputation. I demand that he withdraw and apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
(1)-(2) The answer is no and no - neither of the above. Here we see crocodile tears from a person who does not care about anything or anyone but himself. He has a record in public life of saying one thing and doing another. That has been his experience over two and a half years in this Parliament. He gets all angry, rambunctious and loud because we point out the truth about him all the time, and his colleagues know it. He got involved in corrupt dealings with Noel Crichton-Browne. Withdrawal of Remark Mr C.J. BARNETT : The Minister for Education and Training accused the member for Vasse - the Deputy Leader of the Opposition - of being involved in corrupt deals with Noel Crichton-Browne. That is clearly impugning his reputation. I demand that he withdraw and apologise. Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I withdraw that remark. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Thank you. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse engaged with Noel Crichton-Browne in an arrangement to stack a local government authority to help a developer. That is what he did; it is on the record. Then he comes into this chamber and asks these pathetic questions about a primary school about which he knows nothing. The government is carrying out a record capital works program across Western Australia, with record levels of building new schools. The children of the two schools in that vicinity will have one new school and one upgraded school as a consequence of this process. As I said yesterday - the member for Vasse does not seem to have heard - during the consultation period, the principal of the primary school and a representative of the school community were involved. The member can speak all he likes, but that is exactly what happened. That means that major consultation was involved, and no amount of angry bluster, ranting, ill-informed commentary, lack of substance, complete disregard for the truth and total failure in everything he does on the part of the member for Vasse will make any difference to that fact. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question time does not provide the opportunity for the member for Vasse to try to shout down the minister, therefore he is called to order. That completes question time.
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