❓ Mr. Woodhams questions the Minister for Education about the condition of demountables at Dongara District High School and requests a timeline for upgrades. The Minister refutes some claims, provides details on classroom numbers and maintenance, and vaguely addresses future upgrades.
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DONGARA DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL
Might I acknowledge - [Interruption from the gallery.] A government member : Was that your mother? Mr G. WOODHAMS : Actually, my mother is in the electorate of the member for Stirling. It is a great pity that she is not here. However, I acknowledge everybody from Geraldton and the mid-west who is here. Unlike many of the people from whom they may hear today, I have known for years that it is a wonderful place, boom, bust or otherwise. I thank them for being here. This is probably the only opportunity I will have as the member for Greenough to address a regional Parliament in Geraldton, because, alas, the seat of Greenough will disappear in the next few years. So enjoy the member for Greenough! We have all heard in this house many times of the government’s $2 billion surplus and claims about the benefits of the V8 economy flowing to the mid-west community. (1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH
Might I acknowledge - [Interruption from the gallery.] A government member : Was that your mother? Mr G. WOODHAMS : Actually, my mother is in the electorate of the member for Stirling. It is a great pity that she is not here. However, I acknowledge everybody from Geraldton and the mid-west who is here. Unlike many of the people from whom they may hear today, I have known for years that it is a wonderful place, boom, bust or otherwise. I thank them for being here. This is probably the only opportunity I will have as the member for Greenough to address a regional Parliament in Geraldton, because, alas, the seat of Greenough will disappear in the next few years. So enjoy the member for Greenough! We have all heard in this house many times of the government’s $2 billion surplus and claims about the benefits of the V8 economy flowing to the mid-west community. (1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH
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(1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
[Interruption from the gallery.] A government member : Was that your mother? Mr G. WOODHAMS : Actually, my mother is in the electorate of the member for Stirling. It is a great pity that she is not here. However, I acknowledge everybody from Geraldton and the mid-west who is here. Unlike many of the people from whom they may hear today, I have known for years that it is a wonderful place, boom, bust or otherwise. I thank them for being here. This is probably the only opportunity I will have as the member for Greenough to address a regional Parliament in Geraldton, because, alas, the seat of Greenough will disappear in the next few years. So enjoy the member for Greenough! We have all heard in this house many times of the government’s $2 billion surplus and claims about the benefits of the V8 economy flowing to the mid-west community. (1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
A government member : Was that your mother? Mr G. WOODHAMS : Actually, my mother is in the electorate of the member for Stirling. It is a great pity that she is not here. However, I acknowledge everybody from Geraldton and the mid-west who is here. Unlike many of the people from whom they may hear today, I have known for years that it is a wonderful place, boom, bust or otherwise. I thank them for being here. This is probably the only opportunity I will have as the member for Greenough to address a regional Parliament in Geraldton, because, alas, the seat of Greenough will disappear in the next few years. So enjoy the member for Greenough! We have all heard in this house many times of the government’s $2 billion surplus and claims about the benefits of the V8 economy flowing to the mid-west community. (1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr G. WOODHAMS : Actually, my mother is in the electorate of the member for Stirling. It is a great pity that she is not here. However, I acknowledge everybody from Geraldton and the mid-west who is here. Unlike many of the people from whom they may hear today, I have known for years that it is a wonderful place, boom, bust or otherwise. I thank them for being here. This is probably the only opportunity I will have as the member for Greenough to address a regional Parliament in Geraldton, because, alas, the seat of Greenough will disappear in the next few years. So enjoy the member for Greenough! We have all heard in this house many times of the government’s $2 billion surplus and claims about the benefits of the V8 economy flowing to the mid-west community. (1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
We have all heard in this house many times of the government’s $2 billion surplus and claims about the benefits of the V8 economy flowing to the mid-west community. (1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
(1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
(2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
(3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
(1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
[Interruption from the gallery.] A government member : Was that your mother? Mr G. WOODHAMS : Actually, my mother is in the electorate of the member for Stirling. It is a great pity that she is not here. However, I acknowledge everybody from Geraldton and the mid-west who is here. Unlike many of the people from whom they may hear today, I have known for years that it is a wonderful place, boom, bust or otherwise. I thank them for being here. This is probably the only opportunity I will have as the member for Greenough to address a regional Parliament in Geraldton, because, alas, the seat of Greenough will disappear in the next few years. So enjoy the member for Greenough! We have all heard in this house many times of the government’s $2 billion surplus and claims about the benefits of the V8 economy flowing to the mid-west community. (1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
A government member : Was that your mother? Mr G. WOODHAMS : Actually, my mother is in the electorate of the member for Stirling. It is a great pity that she is not here. However, I acknowledge everybody from Geraldton and the mid-west who is here. Unlike many of the people from whom they may hear today, I have known for years that it is a wonderful place, boom, bust or otherwise. I thank them for being here. This is probably the only opportunity I will have as the member for Greenough to address a regional Parliament in Geraldton, because, alas, the seat of Greenough will disappear in the next few years. So enjoy the member for Greenough! We have all heard in this house many times of the government’s $2 billion surplus and claims about the benefits of the V8 economy flowing to the mid-west community. (1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr G. WOODHAMS : Actually, my mother is in the electorate of the member for Stirling. It is a great pity that she is not here. However, I acknowledge everybody from Geraldton and the mid-west who is here. Unlike many of the people from whom they may hear today, I have known for years that it is a wonderful place, boom, bust or otherwise. I thank them for being here. This is probably the only opportunity I will have as the member for Greenough to address a regional Parliament in Geraldton, because, alas, the seat of Greenough will disappear in the next few years. So enjoy the member for Greenough! We have all heard in this house many times of the government’s $2 billion surplus and claims about the benefits of the V8 economy flowing to the mid-west community. (1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
We have all heard in this house many times of the government’s $2 billion surplus and claims about the benefits of the V8 economy flowing to the mid-west community. (1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
(1) Why have these benefits not reached Dongara, where more than 200 of the district high school’s 460 students continue to be housed in demountables? (2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
(2) Does the minister agree that the demountables at the Dongara District High School are in a deplorable condition and that the last of those demountables was installed at least 15 years ago and even at that point were second-hand? (3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
(3) Can the minister provide a timetable for the upgrade to Dongara District High School? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: (1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
(1)-(2) Anybody who looks at my build would know I know exactly where Dongara is: I stop at the bakery every time I drive through it. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As somebody just pointed out on stage, I stop at all three bakeries! It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
It is always good to have young, fresh, new faces in Parliament and, of course, the member for Greenough is one of those. He is one of the most pleasant of the new faces in Parliament. Some of them, we could do without! However, like a lot of new members of Parliament, sometimes his enthusiasm carries him away and the facts are embellished a bit. He probably gets it off the back of a Weeties packet most of the time. Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Ms K. Hodson-Thomas : You’ve never done that, have you? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : Never! Let me help the member for Greenough with some of his statements. It is incorrect to say that the last demountables were put in place 15 years ago. They were not. The first demountables were erected in 1995, and the last as late as 2003. Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr G. Woodhams : How old were they when they arrived here? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I do not know, but I will first dispel the incorrect notion that they were put there 15 years ago. If I wanted to be nasty, I could ask members opposite what they did about it when they were in government. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : As soon as members opposite are questioned on their track record, none of them admits to being in government. A lot of people understand that. They filled the benches, but they were not in government. Let us look at the facts, because I want to help the member for Greenough. As he correctly points out to the multitude, in his own way, he may not be a member for long. I therefore want to help him in the short time that he is. Firstly, the Dongara District High School has sufficient general and specialist classrooms to accommodate the student population of 458, and the school currently has six classrooms above formula. Secondly, the 10 general classrooms were relocated at Dongara District High School between 1995 and 2001, and the three preprimary transportables, which include one new building, were relocated at the school in 2002 and 2003. One existing demountable classroom has been identified as requiring maintenance, which is currently being addressed. Thirdly, the capital works required at Dongara District High School will continue to be considered for inclusion in future capital works programs for upgrading facilities. I am assured that, if the member for Greenough continues to work at the hectic pace he does at the moment in supporting his community, the works will be more rapidly raised to the top of the list and done within his political lifetime.
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