Matt Benson-Lidholm requests updated figures on Aboriginal student university enrolments in WA from 2002-2011, following up on a 2002 question. The Minister provides the requested data sourced from the Commonwealth Department of Industry.

AnsweredQoN 5769Legislative Council
Asked
27 June 2012
Portfolio
Education

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to question on notice No. 1698 from the other place dated 26 March 2002, and I ask will the Minister update the information from the answer to this question by providing the number of Aboriginal students who gained entry to universities in Western Australia for the first time in —
(a) 2002;
(b) 2003;
(c) 2004;
(d) 2005;
(e) 2006;
(f) 2007;
(g) 2008;
(h) 2009;
(i) 2010; and
(j) 2011?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
11 September 2012
Responded by
Minister for Energy representing the Minister for Education
Response time
76 days
According to the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education's Higher Education Student Collection, the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who commenced a course in a Western Australian university in each of the years from 2002 to 2011 was as follows:
(a)  2002    816
(b)2003    619
(c)  2004    607
(d)2005    587
(e)  2006    612
(f)  2007    483
(g)2008    533
(h)2009    548
(i)   2010    609
(j)   2011    602
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