Hon. Sally Talbot questions the Minister for Education regarding the Capes Region Higher Education Taskforce and the potential for university-based education in Busselton. The Minister's responses indicate limited state government involvement and no current plans for university education in Busselton.

AnsweredQoN 1342Legislative Council
Asked
26 November 2014
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Education

QuestionView source ↗

CAPES
REGION HIGHER EDUCATION TASKFORCE
1342. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the Minister
for Education:
I refer to the Capes Region Higher
Education Taskforce.
(1) Is the minister aware of the
task force?
(2) Is the state government
represented on the task force; if so, by whom; and if not, why not?
(3) Does the state government have a
plan to offer university-based education in Busselton?
(4) If so, what model of delivery is
the government planning?
(5) How many
universities have responded to the task force's call for expressions of
interest in local course delivery?
(6) What is the task force currently
considering?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question.
(1) Yes.
(2) To my knowledge, the state government
has not been formally invited to provide a representative.
(3) Not at this time.
(4) Not applicable.
(5)–(6) As
the state government is not currently represented on the task force, I cannot
comment on these matters.

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