❓ Mr. Snook questions the success of the retired teachers scheme and the Minister's awareness of the anticipated teacher shortage for 2008. The Minister acknowledges the shortage, outlines initiatives, and states approximately five retired teachers returned, but avoids directly answering the question about the anticipated shortage number.
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TEACHER SHORTAGE
(1) How many teachers have actually returned to the classroom as part of the much-vaunted scheme to lure back retired teachers? (2) Has the minister received advice about the anticipated teacher shortage for the start of the 2008 school year? If so, what is that number? If not, why has the minister failed to get this information? Mr M. McGOWAN
(1) How many teachers have actually returned to the classroom as part of the much-vaunted scheme to lure back retired teachers? (2) Has the minister received advice about the anticipated teacher shortage for the start of the 2008 school year? If so, what is that number? If not, why has the minister failed to get this information? Mr M. McGOWAN
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(1)-(2) I thank the member for Moore for the question. The retired teachers scheme was one of a number of initiatives the state government outlined earlier this year to address the teacher shortage. This problem does not have one single solution - Mr T. Buswell : What about the retired ones though? The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
(2) Has the minister received advice about the anticipated teacher shortage for the start of the 2008 school year? If so, what is that number? If not, why has the minister failed to get this information? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) I thank the member for Moore for the question. The retired teachers scheme was one of a number of initiatives the state government outlined earlier this year to address the teacher shortage. This problem does not have one single solution - Mr T. Buswell : What about the retired ones though? The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) I thank the member for Moore for the question. The retired teachers scheme was one of a number of initiatives the state government outlined earlier this year to address the teacher shortage. This problem does not have one single solution - Mr T. Buswell : What about the retired ones though? The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
(1)-(2) I thank the member for Moore for the question. The retired teachers scheme was one of a number of initiatives the state government outlined earlier this year to address the teacher shortage. This problem does not have one single solution - Mr T. Buswell : What about the retired ones though? The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr T. Buswell : What about the retired ones though? The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
(2) Has the minister received advice about the anticipated teacher shortage for the start of the 2008 school year? If so, what is that number? If not, why has the minister failed to get this information? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) I thank the member for Moore for the question. The retired teachers scheme was one of a number of initiatives the state government outlined earlier this year to address the teacher shortage. This problem does not have one single solution - Mr T. Buswell : What about the retired ones though? The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) I thank the member for Moore for the question. The retired teachers scheme was one of a number of initiatives the state government outlined earlier this year to address the teacher shortage. This problem does not have one single solution - Mr T. Buswell : What about the retired ones though? The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
(1)-(2) I thank the member for Moore for the question. The retired teachers scheme was one of a number of initiatives the state government outlined earlier this year to address the teacher shortage. This problem does not have one single solution - Mr T. Buswell : What about the retired ones though? The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr T. Buswell : What about the retired ones though? The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
The SPEAKER : I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to order for the third and final time. The Minister for Education and Training. Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The problem of an ageing teaching workforce and the reduction in the number of people going into teaching courses at university has no one single solution. The state government has launched a whole range of new initiatives - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : - to attempt to address this problem - The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
The SPEAKER : Minister, take your seat. I call the member for Cottesloe to order for the third and final time. Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : A whole range of initiatives was launched by the state government to address the teacher shortage in June or July. The first initiative was to bring forward by six months the recruitment of graduates because graduates want to know where they will be working earlier than November or December. That was the first time that had been done - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : The second thing was to implement an initiative to get teachers who were not teaching but were not retired back into the workforce. The third initiative was aimed at retired teachers who might want to come back into the workforce and might want to teach in a country location around Western Australia. The last initiative has not been as successful as hoped - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
The SPEAKER : Members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I make no apologies for trying a whole range of initiatives to try to address the teacher shortage. The opposition can laugh - Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : - but, quite frankly, it just shows what the opposition is. If the opposition laughs at the state government for attempting to address the problem with a whole range of initiatives, that is a reflection on it. From recollection, five or so retired teachers came back into the workforce- Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : - but that is one of a whole range of initiatives. Is the opposition saying those initiatives should not have been implemented? Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
Mr M. McGOWAN : No wonder the Liberal Party is in opposition! Western Australia is one of eight state and territory governments where the Australian Labor Party is in power because it is prepared to undertake new initiatives. The Liberal Party is in opposition in those governments and will be in opposition in another one quite shortly! What does that make it? That makes it nine-nil!
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