❓ Hon Brian Ellis questions the Minister for Education and Training regarding teacher accommodation shortages in Tammin, highlighting specific cases of hardship and seeking information on future provisions. The Minister defers the question due to lack of readily available information.
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TEACHER ACCOMMODATION — TAMMIN
My question without notice of which some notice has been given — Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! I want to listen to Hon Brian Ellis. Hon BRIAN ELLIS : Thank you, Mr President. I refer to teacher accommodation at Tammin, where there is an increased school population and expanded teaching staff and where private rental properties are scarce. (1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
My question without notice of which some notice has been given — Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! I want to listen to Hon Brian Ellis. Hon BRIAN ELLIS : Thank you, Mr President. I refer to teacher accommodation at Tammin, where there is an increased school population and expanded teaching staff and where private rental properties are scarce. (1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! I want to listen to Hon Brian Ellis. Hon BRIAN ELLIS : Thank you, Mr President. I refer to teacher accommodation at Tammin, where there is an increased school population and expanded teaching staff and where private rental properties are scarce. (1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! I want to listen to Hon Brian Ellis. Hon BRIAN ELLIS : Thank you, Mr President. I refer to teacher accommodation at Tammin, where there is an increased school population and expanded teaching staff and where private rental properties are scarce. (1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
Hon BRIAN ELLIS : Thank you, Mr President. I refer to teacher accommodation at Tammin, where there is an increased school population and expanded teaching staff and where private rental properties are scarce. (1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
I refer to teacher accommodation at Tammin, where there is an increased school population and expanded teaching staff and where private rental properties are scarce. (1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
(1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
(2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
(b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues?
(4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
(5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
Several members interjected. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! I want to listen to Hon Brian Ellis. Hon BRIAN ELLIS : Thank you, Mr President. I refer to teacher accommodation at Tammin, where there is an increased school population and expanded teaching staff and where private rental properties are scarce. (1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! I want to listen to Hon Brian Ellis. Hon BRIAN ELLIS : Thank you, Mr President. I refer to teacher accommodation at Tammin, where there is an increased school population and expanded teaching staff and where private rental properties are scarce. (1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
Hon BRIAN ELLIS : Thank you, Mr President. I refer to teacher accommodation at Tammin, where there is an increased school population and expanded teaching staff and where private rental properties are scarce. (1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
I refer to teacher accommodation at Tammin, where there is an increased school population and expanded teaching staff and where private rental properties are scarce. (1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
(1) Is the minister aware that there has been a problem with providing departmental teacher accommodation in Tammin for at least five years? (2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
(2) Is the minister aware that the departmental house that was allocated to the principal and that was guaranteed to be ready prior to the commencement of the 2007 school year took more than eight months to be completed and that — (a) the principal is now residing in a shire house that the shire had hoped to resume but continues to provide; and (b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues? (3) Is the minister aware that another teacher travels each day from Quairading as there is no accommodation for her in Tammin? (4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
(b) the teacher now tenanting the departmental house continues to experience major issues?
(4) Is the minister aware that the newly appointed teacher and her family were not provided with departmental accommodation and have been fortunate to be accommodated privately? (5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
(5) How many departmental houses will be provided for teachers in Tammin and when? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. On behalf of the Minister for Education and Training, I provide the following response — Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
Information in the time required is not available. Therefore, I ask the honourable member to place the question on notice.
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