❓ Ms Radisich asks about the benefits of full-service schools, exemplified by the Midvale Primary School launch. Mr Carpenter responds by outlining the program's goals, its focus on early childhood intervention, and criticises the previous government's budgetary management.
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Will the minister advise the House of the potential benefits from the creation of full-service schools, such as the one he launched officially yesterday at Midvale Primary School in a neighbouring electorate to mine? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and for her advocacy of educational issues in and beyond her electorate. This is the other side of the Government’s approach to social dysfunction, youth issues and issues involving young elements in the community in parts of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. On one hand this Government must be tough; it cannot take a namby-pamby approach and use the sort of rhetoric that we got from the now Opposition when it was in government to address issues that emanate from youth and young people. The Government must be prepared to take tough measures. On the other hand it must do things that will produce a long-term benefit. That is what we are doing with full-service schools and the early years program developed by groups within government. The inspiration for this program, as I said in my ministerial statement, came from the Principal at Midvale Primary School, Mr Forwood, and Steffan Silcox. It is a critically important adjunct to the approach that we are taking to social issues. It will address the issues right from the beginning of childhood, from zero to eight years; in fact, it involves expectant mothers in antenatal classes. The full-service model will bring together all agencies, both government and non-government, that support families and young people, including, obviously, education and all the other agencies that I spoke about today. We will use research from people such as the Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley - who was with us yesterday at the launch of the program - to give us direction on the way in which we should address these issues. We are putting the child and the family at the centre of everything we do. We are seeking better educational outcomes in the short and long term, and in the longer term to lower crime rates and social dysfunction across the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Initially, the six project areas are Midland to Mandurah, Halls Creek, the goldfields, Carnarvon and Gosnells. The next six project areas will be Armadale, Bayswater, Maylands, Clarkson, Merriwa, Newman, Rockingham and Tom Price. That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and for her advocacy of educational issues in and beyond her electorate. This is the other side of the Government’s approach to social dysfunction, youth issues and issues involving young elements in the community in parts of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. On one hand this Government must be tough; it cannot take a namby-pamby approach and use the sort of rhetoric that we got from the now Opposition when it was in government to address issues that emanate from youth and young people. The Government must be prepared to take tough measures. On the other hand it must do things that will produce a long-term benefit. That is what we are doing with full-service schools and the early years program developed by groups within government. The inspiration for this program, as I said in my ministerial statement, came from the Principal at Midvale Primary School, Mr Forwood, and Steffan Silcox. It is a critically important adjunct to the approach that we are taking to social issues. It will address the issues right from the beginning of childhood, from zero to eight years; in fact, it involves expectant mothers in antenatal classes. The full-service model will bring together all agencies, both government and non-government, that support families and young people, including, obviously, education and all the other agencies that I spoke about today. We will use research from people such as the Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley - who was with us yesterday at the launch of the program - to give us direction on the way in which we should address these issues. We are putting the child and the family at the centre of everything we do. We are seeking better educational outcomes in the short and long term, and in the longer term to lower crime rates and social dysfunction across the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Initially, the six project areas are Midland to Mandurah, Halls Creek, the goldfields, Carnarvon and Gosnells. The next six project areas will be Armadale, Bayswater, Maylands, Clarkson, Merriwa, Newman, Rockingham and Tom Price. That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and for her advocacy of educational issues in and beyond her electorate. This is the other side of the Government’s approach to social dysfunction, youth issues and issues involving young elements in the community in parts of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. On one hand this Government must be tough; it cannot take a namby-pamby approach and use the sort of rhetoric that we got from the now Opposition when it was in government to address issues that emanate from youth and young people. The Government must be prepared to take tough measures. On the other hand it must do things that will produce a long-term benefit. That is what we are doing with full-service schools and the early years program developed by groups within government. The inspiration for this program, as I said in my ministerial statement, came from the Principal at Midvale Primary School, Mr Forwood, and Steffan Silcox. It is a critically important adjunct to the approach that we are taking to social issues. It will address the issues right from the beginning of childhood, from zero to eight years; in fact, it involves expectant mothers in antenatal classes. The full-service model will bring together all agencies, both government and non-government, that support families and young people, including, obviously, education and all the other agencies that I spoke about today. We will use research from people such as the Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley - who was with us yesterday at the launch of the program - to give us direction on the way in which we should address these issues. We are putting the child and the family at the centre of everything we do. We are seeking better educational outcomes in the short and long term, and in the longer term to lower crime rates and social dysfunction across the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Initially, the six project areas are Midland to Mandurah, Halls Creek, the goldfields, Carnarvon and Gosnells. The next six project areas will be Armadale, Bayswater, Maylands, Clarkson, Merriwa, Newman, Rockingham and Tom Price. That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
This is the other side of the Government’s approach to social dysfunction, youth issues and issues involving young elements in the community in parts of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. On one hand this Government must be tough; it cannot take a namby-pamby approach and use the sort of rhetoric that we got from the now Opposition when it was in government to address issues that emanate from youth and young people. The Government must be prepared to take tough measures. On the other hand it must do things that will produce a long-term benefit. That is what we are doing with full-service schools and the early years program developed by groups within government. The inspiration for this program, as I said in my ministerial statement, came from the Principal at Midvale Primary School, Mr Forwood, and Steffan Silcox. It is a critically important adjunct to the approach that we are taking to social issues. It will address the issues right from the beginning of childhood, from zero to eight years; in fact, it involves expectant mothers in antenatal classes. The full-service model will bring together all agencies, both government and non-government, that support families and young people, including, obviously, education and all the other agencies that I spoke about today. We will use research from people such as the Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley - who was with us yesterday at the launch of the program - to give us direction on the way in which we should address these issues. We are putting the child and the family at the centre of everything we do. We are seeking better educational outcomes in the short and long term, and in the longer term to lower crime rates and social dysfunction across the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Initially, the six project areas are Midland to Mandurah, Halls Creek, the goldfields, Carnarvon and Gosnells. The next six project areas will be Armadale, Bayswater, Maylands, Clarkson, Merriwa, Newman, Rockingham and Tom Price. That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
The full-service model will bring together all agencies, both government and non-government, that support families and young people, including, obviously, education and all the other agencies that I spoke about today. We will use research from people such as the Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley - who was with us yesterday at the launch of the program - to give us direction on the way in which we should address these issues. We are putting the child and the family at the centre of everything we do. We are seeking better educational outcomes in the short and long term, and in the longer term to lower crime rates and social dysfunction across the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Initially, the six project areas are Midland to Mandurah, Halls Creek, the goldfields, Carnarvon and Gosnells. The next six project areas will be Armadale, Bayswater, Maylands, Clarkson, Merriwa, Newman, Rockingham and Tom Price. That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
It is a great program.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and for her advocacy of educational issues in and beyond her electorate. This is the other side of the Government’s approach to social dysfunction, youth issues and issues involving young elements in the community in parts of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. On one hand this Government must be tough; it cannot take a namby-pamby approach and use the sort of rhetoric that we got from the now Opposition when it was in government to address issues that emanate from youth and young people. The Government must be prepared to take tough measures. On the other hand it must do things that will produce a long-term benefit. That is what we are doing with full-service schools and the early years program developed by groups within government. The inspiration for this program, as I said in my ministerial statement, came from the Principal at Midvale Primary School, Mr Forwood, and Steffan Silcox. It is a critically important adjunct to the approach that we are taking to social issues. It will address the issues right from the beginning of childhood, from zero to eight years; in fact, it involves expectant mothers in antenatal classes. The full-service model will bring together all agencies, both government and non-government, that support families and young people, including, obviously, education and all the other agencies that I spoke about today. We will use research from people such as the Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley - who was with us yesterday at the launch of the program - to give us direction on the way in which we should address these issues. We are putting the child and the family at the centre of everything we do. We are seeking better educational outcomes in the short and long term, and in the longer term to lower crime rates and social dysfunction across the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Initially, the six project areas are Midland to Mandurah, Halls Creek, the goldfields, Carnarvon and Gosnells. The next six project areas will be Armadale, Bayswater, Maylands, Clarkson, Merriwa, Newman, Rockingham and Tom Price. That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
I thank the member for Swan Hills for the question and for her advocacy of educational issues in and beyond her electorate. This is the other side of the Government’s approach to social dysfunction, youth issues and issues involving young elements in the community in parts of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. On one hand this Government must be tough; it cannot take a namby-pamby approach and use the sort of rhetoric that we got from the now Opposition when it was in government to address issues that emanate from youth and young people. The Government must be prepared to take tough measures. On the other hand it must do things that will produce a long-term benefit. That is what we are doing with full-service schools and the early years program developed by groups within government. The inspiration for this program, as I said in my ministerial statement, came from the Principal at Midvale Primary School, Mr Forwood, and Steffan Silcox. It is a critically important adjunct to the approach that we are taking to social issues. It will address the issues right from the beginning of childhood, from zero to eight years; in fact, it involves expectant mothers in antenatal classes. The full-service model will bring together all agencies, both government and non-government, that support families and young people, including, obviously, education and all the other agencies that I spoke about today. We will use research from people such as the Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley - who was with us yesterday at the launch of the program - to give us direction on the way in which we should address these issues. We are putting the child and the family at the centre of everything we do. We are seeking better educational outcomes in the short and long term, and in the longer term to lower crime rates and social dysfunction across the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Initially, the six project areas are Midland to Mandurah, Halls Creek, the goldfields, Carnarvon and Gosnells. The next six project areas will be Armadale, Bayswater, Maylands, Clarkson, Merriwa, Newman, Rockingham and Tom Price. That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
This is the other side of the Government’s approach to social dysfunction, youth issues and issues involving young elements in the community in parts of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. On one hand this Government must be tough; it cannot take a namby-pamby approach and use the sort of rhetoric that we got from the now Opposition when it was in government to address issues that emanate from youth and young people. The Government must be prepared to take tough measures. On the other hand it must do things that will produce a long-term benefit. That is what we are doing with full-service schools and the early years program developed by groups within government. The inspiration for this program, as I said in my ministerial statement, came from the Principal at Midvale Primary School, Mr Forwood, and Steffan Silcox. It is a critically important adjunct to the approach that we are taking to social issues. It will address the issues right from the beginning of childhood, from zero to eight years; in fact, it involves expectant mothers in antenatal classes. The full-service model will bring together all agencies, both government and non-government, that support families and young people, including, obviously, education and all the other agencies that I spoke about today. We will use research from people such as the Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley - who was with us yesterday at the launch of the program - to give us direction on the way in which we should address these issues. We are putting the child and the family at the centre of everything we do. We are seeking better educational outcomes in the short and long term, and in the longer term to lower crime rates and social dysfunction across the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Initially, the six project areas are Midland to Mandurah, Halls Creek, the goldfields, Carnarvon and Gosnells. The next six project areas will be Armadale, Bayswater, Maylands, Clarkson, Merriwa, Newman, Rockingham and Tom Price. That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
The full-service model will bring together all agencies, both government and non-government, that support families and young people, including, obviously, education and all the other agencies that I spoke about today. We will use research from people such as the Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley - who was with us yesterday at the launch of the program - to give us direction on the way in which we should address these issues. We are putting the child and the family at the centre of everything we do. We are seeking better educational outcomes in the short and long term, and in the longer term to lower crime rates and social dysfunction across the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Initially, the six project areas are Midland to Mandurah, Halls Creek, the goldfields, Carnarvon and Gosnells. The next six project areas will be Armadale, Bayswater, Maylands, Clarkson, Merriwa, Newman, Rockingham and Tom Price. That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
That is what we are trying to do, and we are able to do it through good budget management. That was the great weakness of the previous Government’s approach to every issue involving education and other social issues. It could not implement this program because it could not manage the budget. Ideas were brought to the previous Government by people like Steffan Silcox, John Forwood and Professor Fiona Stanley, but it could not do anything about them because it never had the will or the capacity to manage its budgets. In managing an education and training budget well in excess of $2.5 billion, I cannot take the cavalier approach that the previous minister took. He did not then and clearly still does not understand economic management. That is evident in every utterance he makes about almost every project on the go. He had no idea about fiscal responsibility; it was unknown to him. He ran unbelievable deficits of $300 million during his period as the minister, yet he has the gall and audacity to sit in this Parliament and lecture this Government on how to manage the budget and economic management, when this Premier understands economic management and this Treasurer understands and insists upon fiscal responsibility. The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
The big difference between this Government, the previous Government and members opposite who aspire to be in government is that this Government understands the issues that confront Western Australians at every economic and social level down to the micro level. We have the guts to make difficult decisions as we have done about the curfew, people like Robert Bropho and other situations. This Government has shown that it has the guts to stand up to the issues. It has had the foresight to plan for the longer term and implement the early years program advocated by Dr Fiona Stanley. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition has said that about six times. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Leader of the Opposition speaks for himself. He demonstrates his qualities to the people of Western Australia every day. They will judge him. This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
This is a great project. I thank all the people in the Parliament who have supported the development of the early years program and the full service school model. I look forward to being able to roll it out across Western Australia in places such as Carnarvon and all other parts of the State. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Nedlands is a total stranger to Onslow; she does not know anything about it. It is a great program.
It is a great program.
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