❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the performance of Fairbridge in managing state government-owned camp schools, following a decision to contract service delivery to the not-for-profit organisation. The Minister disputes the characterisation as privatisation and provides data on school and student attendance, costs, and supplier information.
AnsweredQoN 5978Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the McGowan government's decision to privatise six of the state government owned camp schools, and ask: (a) Has the Department of Education completed any assessments on the performance of Fairbridge in respect to key performance indicators for its management of the camp schools under its control: (i) If so, will the Minister table these assessments; (b) Has Fairbridge submitted information to Government related to the 2019 calendar year as it is required to do so under the terms of its agreement with government: (i) If so, will the Minister table this information; (c) Is the Minister satisfied that Fairbridge has met its obligations under the agreement struck with government based on its performance during the 2019 calendar year; (d) How many Department of Education schools and students attended these camp schools in 2019: (i) Will the Minister provide a breakdown of these numbers for each of the camp schools under the control of Fairbridge; (e) What were the rates charged for each of the camp schools for Department of Education schools and students that attended; and (f) What local suppliers were used by Fairbridge at the six camp schools?
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Answered
18 March 2020
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Education and Training
Response time
7 days
The Minister for Education and Training advises she does not accept the premise of the question.
Retaining the asset and contracting service delivery to a not-for-profit is not privatisation. Selling Western Power is privatisation. Multi-nationals contracting a commercial for-profit company to provide key hospital services at Fiona Stanley Hospital is privatisation. The Hon. Member would be familiar with both because they were both policies of the previous Liberal-National government.
(a) No
(i) Not applicable
(b) Yes.
(i) [Refer to Tabled Paper No. ]
(c) Yes.
(d) 221 schools and 7 190 students.
(i)
Camp School
Point Peron
Geraldton
Kalgoorlie
Dampier
Bridgetown
Pemberton
Schools
80
52
32
20
20
17
Students
3 055
1 445
861
560
846
423
(e) $46.00 per night per student.
(f) The supply of this information is not a requirement of the lease.
Retaining the asset and contracting service delivery to a not-for-profit is not privatisation. Selling Western Power is privatisation. Multi-nationals contracting a commercial for-profit company to provide key hospital services at Fiona Stanley Hospital is privatisation. The Hon. Member would be familiar with both because they were both policies of the previous Liberal-National government.
(a) No
(i) Not applicable
(b) Yes.
(i) [Refer to Tabled Paper No. ]
(c) Yes.
(d) 221 schools and 7 190 students.
(i)
Camp School
Point Peron
Geraldton
Kalgoorlie
Dampier
Bridgetown
Pemberton
Schools
80
52
32
20
20
17
Students
3 055
1 445
861
560
846
423
(e) $46.00 per night per student.
(f) The supply of this information is not a requirement of the lease.
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