❓ Mr. Quigley asks about the impact of the government's school fees policy. Mr. Carpenter responds with a largely positive assessment, highlighting increased funds in school bank accounts, but acknowledges some schools need supplementary funding.
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Will the minister provide a progress report on the impact of the Government’s school fees policy? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for some notice of this question and I recognise his outstanding advocacy for the schools in his area. In brief, the reaction has been overwhelming support - adulation, jubilation and a great deal of congratulation - that at last the Government has been prepared to seize the moment and say it will not keep increasing fees, it will actually reduce them. Most people did not believe we would do it. We have done it. We have received a lot of gratitude from the school community for that. I organised for the member for Innaloo to ask this question, because I gave a commitment - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I did not write it for him. I do not need to do that. In fact, the member for Innaloo is quite capable of not only asking the question but also writing the answer for me, because he is a very intelligent man. Last Thursday, the member for Darling Range - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question and I recognise his outstanding advocacy for the schools in his area. In brief, the reaction has been overwhelming support - adulation, jubilation and a great deal of congratulation - that at last the Government has been prepared to seize the moment and say it will not keep increasing fees, it will actually reduce them. Most people did not believe we would do it. We have done it. We have received a lot of gratitude from the school community for that. I organised for the member for Innaloo to ask this question, because I gave a commitment - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I did not write it for him. I do not need to do that. In fact, the member for Innaloo is quite capable of not only asking the question but also writing the answer for me, because he is a very intelligent man. Last Thursday, the member for Darling Range - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
I thank the member for some notice of this question and I recognise his outstanding advocacy for the schools in his area. In brief, the reaction has been overwhelming support - adulation, jubilation and a great deal of congratulation - that at last the Government has been prepared to seize the moment and say it will not keep increasing fees, it will actually reduce them. Most people did not believe we would do it. We have done it. We have received a lot of gratitude from the school community for that. I organised for the member for Innaloo to ask this question, because I gave a commitment - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I did not write it for him. I do not need to do that. In fact, the member for Innaloo is quite capable of not only asking the question but also writing the answer for me, because he is a very intelligent man. Last Thursday, the member for Darling Range - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I did not write it for him. I do not need to do that. In fact, the member for Innaloo is quite capable of not only asking the question but also writing the answer for me, because he is a very intelligent man. Last Thursday, the member for Darling Range - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I did not write it for him. I do not need to do that. In fact, the member for Innaloo is quite capable of not only asking the question but also writing the answer for me, because he is a very intelligent man. Last Thursday, the member for Darling Range - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question and I recognise his outstanding advocacy for the schools in his area. In brief, the reaction has been overwhelming support - adulation, jubilation and a great deal of congratulation - that at last the Government has been prepared to seize the moment and say it will not keep increasing fees, it will actually reduce them. Most people did not believe we would do it. We have done it. We have received a lot of gratitude from the school community for that. I organised for the member for Innaloo to ask this question, because I gave a commitment - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I did not write it for him. I do not need to do that. In fact, the member for Innaloo is quite capable of not only asking the question but also writing the answer for me, because he is a very intelligent man. Last Thursday, the member for Darling Range - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
I thank the member for some notice of this question and I recognise his outstanding advocacy for the schools in his area. In brief, the reaction has been overwhelming support - adulation, jubilation and a great deal of congratulation - that at last the Government has been prepared to seize the moment and say it will not keep increasing fees, it will actually reduce them. Most people did not believe we would do it. We have done it. We have received a lot of gratitude from the school community for that. I organised for the member for Innaloo to ask this question, because I gave a commitment - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I did not write it for him. I do not need to do that. In fact, the member for Innaloo is quite capable of not only asking the question but also writing the answer for me, because he is a very intelligent man. Last Thursday, the member for Darling Range - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I did not write it for him. I do not need to do that. In fact, the member for Innaloo is quite capable of not only asking the question but also writing the answer for me, because he is a very intelligent man. Last Thursday, the member for Darling Range - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I did not write it for him. I do not need to do that. In fact, the member for Innaloo is quite capable of not only asking the question but also writing the answer for me, because he is a very intelligent man. Last Thursday, the member for Darling Range - Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Kalgoorlie reminds me of reports I often read from my friends in the Swiss scientific community about their desire to conduct experiments. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I think I have told him of one of the experiments they are conducting in Switzerland between human beings and animals. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The latest was the search for a suitable citizen to volunteer to be the first person to donate his cranium for the transplantation of the brain of a chimpanzee. I think the member for Kalgoorlie might be the ideal candidate, as they had to find a candidate whose cranium was already vacant! The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
The member for Darling Range asked me a question about the impact of school fees. Three schools have applied for supplementary funding: Girrawheen Senior High School, Australind High School and Hedland Senior High School. I cannot think why Australind High School is one of those schools; I am sure it does not have anything to do with the performance of the local member encouraging parents not to contribute. In line with the processes in place, departmental officers have been working with those three schools to determine whether any learning programs were compromised because of a lack of available funding. As part of this process, the level of funding in school bank accounts is reviewed. The amount of money in the Australind High School bank account this time last year was $260 000. With the additional support and funding that has been provided by the State this year, that bank account now has $742 000. The Hedland Senior High School bank account has increased from $505 000 to $711 000. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will give the member the answer that the department has provided. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member wants to do it for all schools, he can go out and do the work. The Girrawheen Senior High School bank account has increased from $140 000 to $189 000. The advice from the department is that it appears, on that basis, that it may not be necessary to provide funding to two of the schools but that assistance may be needed at Girrawheen Senior High School. I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
I point out to the House that as at 1 October 2001, the total amount in school bank accounts was $49 million. For the same period this year there is $67 million in school bank accounts across the State. I believe this supports my confidence in the preparedness of parents to make a contribution to their children’s education. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I am not fudging the issue. It is not an issue. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an isolated problem. Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day: I have asked you how much is being collected in each school this year compared with that collected in the past two years and you will not provide that information. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have provided the member with the information that indicates whether or not there is a problem, and there is no problem. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: If the member asks the former Minister for Education about the way that school revenues are accounted for, he will find that the process he wants the department to delve into is almost undoable. Last year’s revenues cannot be compared with this year’s revenues. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I have the information that the member is seeking. I am prepared to provide the member for Darling Range with the information that has been given to me by the department if he wants it. Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr J.H.D. Day interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member should be grateful; it is something that those on his side would never have done for us.
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