❓ A parliamentary question regarding a proposed education funding increase and teacher pay negotiations leads to a heated exchange, with the Minister initially refusing to disclose budget details before its official release, then revealing some details and criticising the opposition's past financial management.
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I refer the minister to the Premier’s announcement yesterday that education and training will receive a $91.8 million funding increase in the 2003-04 budget and ask - (1) Will the minister confirm that that is a meagre one per cent real increase for the education and training budget for the coming financial year? (2) Is the minister aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA has demanded a 10 per cent pay rise each year and that negotiations over teachers’ salaries be completed in the coming financial year? (3) Does the meagre one per cent increase include provision for a pay rise in teachers’ salaries that will be negotiated with State School Teachers Union of WA? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
(1) Will the minister confirm that that is a meagre one per cent real increase for the education and training budget for the coming financial year? (2) Is the minister aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA has demanded a 10 per cent pay rise each year and that negotiations over teachers’ salaries be completed in the coming financial year? (3) Does the meagre one per cent increase include provision for a pay rise in teachers’ salaries that will be negotiated with State School Teachers Union of WA? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
(2) Is the minister aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA has demanded a 10 per cent pay rise each year and that negotiations over teachers’ salaries be completed in the coming financial year? (3) Does the meagre one per cent increase include provision for a pay rise in teachers’ salaries that will be negotiated with State School Teachers Union of WA? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
(3) Does the meagre one per cent increase include provision for a pay rise in teachers’ salaries that will be negotiated with State School Teachers Union of WA? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
(1) Will the minister confirm that that is a meagre one per cent real increase for the education and training budget for the coming financial year? (2) Is the minister aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA has demanded a 10 per cent pay rise each year and that negotiations over teachers’ salaries be completed in the coming financial year? (3) Does the meagre one per cent increase include provision for a pay rise in teachers’ salaries that will be negotiated with State School Teachers Union of WA? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
(2) Is the minister aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA has demanded a 10 per cent pay rise each year and that negotiations over teachers’ salaries be completed in the coming financial year? (3) Does the meagre one per cent increase include provision for a pay rise in teachers’ salaries that will be negotiated with State School Teachers Union of WA? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
(3) Does the meagre one per cent increase include provision for a pay rise in teachers’ salaries that will be negotiated with State School Teachers Union of WA? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for the question. I am outraged that any member of Parliament should seek details of the budget before it has been delivered. It is absolutely unacceptable. The Leader of the Opposition has said time and again that it is unacceptable. We cannot be out there releasing information about anything in the budget. I suggest that the member for Darling Range fall into line with the discipline his leader has requested. Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You didn’t even get to announce your own education budget; what a joke! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Of all the Leader of the Opposition’s strengths, one is not generosity of spirit. Generosity of spirit is what he demands from a barman. He regards generosity of spirit as when he walks to the bar and says, “I want generosity of spirit.” He does not understand the concept of generosity of spirit. The Leader of the Opposition, in his financial management as education minister, was an Imelda Marcos or a Rodney Adler. In one year he blew out the budget for the education portfolio by $100 million, and over four years in the vicinity of $300 million. It is no wonder that the previous Government ran a massive deficit in its budget with a person like the Leader of the Opposition in charge - or not in charge - because he had simply no idea of what was going on in education. Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Although many are the faults of the member for Darling Range’s leader, he has, at least on his side of Parliament, laid down the law: “Don’t seek details of the budget in advance of the budget being delivered in this Chamber.” In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
In relation to the figure mentioned by the member for Darling Range, yes, the education portfolio will receive an increase in funding of $91.8 million. If my memory serves me correctly, that is a real increase of 1.6 per cent. Yes, I am aware that the State School Teachers Union of WA is applying for a 10 per cent pay rise; I do not believe it will get it. When details of the enterprise bargaining agreement are negotiated at the end of this year, we will then have a clear picture of the impact that such a rise will have on the budget. As the member correctly said, there is provision in the budget for a real increase in spending across the education portfolio of 1.6 per cent. While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
While I am on my feet, I will make one more point. When I took over as minister, the budget for the Department of Education and Training was basically in free fall. This Government has been able to deliver on every single one of its commitments - Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Ms S.E. Walker: All due to your brilliance! Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Lost years in education! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies are shrieking from the trees. Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
Mr Speaker, we delivered on every one of our election commitments in education. We delivered also, at enormous cost, on the promises that the previous Government had made, but which were unfunded. We did that very easily: by running the department more efficiently and by prioritising our resources. I say to the member for Darling Range that that, quite frankly, is the way in which we will manage the department’s portfolio in future. The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
The SPEAKER: I call to order for the first time the member for Warren-Blackwood.
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