❓ Mr. Waldron questions the Education Minister about the allocation of a $7 million school maintenance program, specifically regarding rural and remote schools. The Minister acknowledges the questions but doesn't provide specific answers, promising to do so later due to the level of detail requested.
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I refer to the minister’s media statement of 8 February 2004 in which he announced a $7 million school maintenance program to address the maintenance backlog in Western Australian schools. (1) What portion of the $7 million will be allocated to rural and remote schools? (2) Will the minister provide a list of those schools to benefit from the $7 million initiative and the amount allocated to each school? (3) When can those rural and remote schools that miss out on an allocation from this initiative expect to have their maintenance issues addressed? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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(1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
(1) What portion of the $7 million will be allocated to rural and remote schools? (2) Will the minister provide a list of those schools to benefit from the $7 million initiative and the amount allocated to each school? (3) When can those rural and remote schools that miss out on an allocation from this initiative expect to have their maintenance issues addressed? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
(2) Will the minister provide a list of those schools to benefit from the $7 million initiative and the amount allocated to each school? (3) When can those rural and remote schools that miss out on an allocation from this initiative expect to have their maintenance issues addressed? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
(3) When can those rural and remote schools that miss out on an allocation from this initiative expect to have their maintenance issues addressed? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
(1) What portion of the $7 million will be allocated to rural and remote schools? (2) Will the minister provide a list of those schools to benefit from the $7 million initiative and the amount allocated to each school? (3) When can those rural and remote schools that miss out on an allocation from this initiative expect to have their maintenance issues addressed? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
(2) Will the minister provide a list of those schools to benefit from the $7 million initiative and the amount allocated to each school? (3) When can those rural and remote schools that miss out on an allocation from this initiative expect to have their maintenance issues addressed? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
(3) When can those rural and remote schools that miss out on an allocation from this initiative expect to have their maintenance issues addressed? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for Wagin for his question and for his advocacy for education issues in his electorate. To be fair, the member for Wagin did not give me notice of that question, which asks for a fair bit of detail. I am happy to provide as much detail as I can if the member will give me sufficient time in which to respond. For example, he asked what percentage of funding has been allocated to rural and remote schools. I cannot answer that off the top of my head. He also asked for a list of schools. There will be a long list of them. I will provide that information if he gives me some time in which to provide it without notice or asks the question formally on notice. However, I will take a moment to answer. That $7 million represents an additional $1 million a month. I am grateful for the support the member for Darling Range gave to that project. I believe that he said it was a good initiative. The $1 million a month is part of the $15 million that we were able to get because the Treasurer has run the State’s finances so well. Mr R.F. Johnson: You have increased taxes for everybody. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No we have not. We have increased the Department of Education and Training’s maintenance budget by some $10 million. Every member knows that the reality is that an increasing amount of that maintenance money is being allocated to unplanned maintenance because of the very significant damage to schools and the declining school stock that requires a lot more money to be spent. That $7 million is a good investment. I am grateful to the Treasurer and to other ministers for their performance in reining in the state budget so that we can allocate money to the priority areas.
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