❓ Opposition questions the Minister for Education on teacher shortages in rural WA and the effectiveness of interstate recruitment, accusing the government of misleading advertising. The Minister deflects, accusing the opposition and union of undermining the state.
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STATE SCHOOL TEACHERS’ UNION OF WA CORRESPONDENCE - TEACHER RELOCATION 638. Mr R.F. JOHNSON to the Minister for Education and Training: I refer to moves by the State School Teachers’ Union of WA to warn teachers in the eastern states that they should checks their facts and read the fine print before thinking about moving to the golden west. (1) Does the minister recognise that the only reason that the union is taking this action is because of his failure to provide adequate resources and housing for teachers in remote and rural communities? (2) Why did the minister and his department allow this issue to reach a point at which the State School Teachers’ Union felt compelled to write to other branches about conditions in WA? (3) Does the minister concede that his $80 000 advertising campaign to lure teachers from the other states is grossly misleading and does not outline all the facts? Mr M. McGOWAN
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(1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
STATE SCHOOL TEACHERS’ UNION OF WA CORRESPONDENCE - TEACHER RELOCATION
I refer to moves by the State School Teachers’ Union of WA to warn teachers in the eastern states that they should checks their facts and read the fine print before thinking about moving to the golden west. (1) Does the minister recognise that the only reason that the union is taking this action is because of his failure to provide adequate resources and housing for teachers in remote and rural communities? (2) Why did the minister and his department allow this issue to reach a point at which the State School Teachers’ Union felt compelled to write to other branches about conditions in WA? (3) Does the minister concede that his $80 000 advertising campaign to lure teachers from the other states is grossly misleading and does not outline all the facts? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
(1) Does the minister recognise that the only reason that the union is taking this action is because of his failure to provide adequate resources and housing for teachers in remote and rural communities? (2) Why did the minister and his department allow this issue to reach a point at which the State School Teachers’ Union felt compelled to write to other branches about conditions in WA? (3) Does the minister concede that his $80 000 advertising campaign to lure teachers from the other states is grossly misleading and does not outline all the facts? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
(2) Why did the minister and his department allow this issue to reach a point at which the State School Teachers’ Union felt compelled to write to other branches about conditions in WA? (3) Does the minister concede that his $80 000 advertising campaign to lure teachers from the other states is grossly misleading and does not outline all the facts? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
(3) Does the minister concede that his $80 000 advertising campaign to lure teachers from the other states is grossly misleading and does not outline all the facts? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
STATE SCHOOL TEACHERS’ UNION OF WA CORRESPONDENCE - TEACHER RELOCATION
I refer to moves by the State School Teachers’ Union of WA to warn teachers in the eastern states that they should checks their facts and read the fine print before thinking about moving to the golden west. (1) Does the minister recognise that the only reason that the union is taking this action is because of his failure to provide adequate resources and housing for teachers in remote and rural communities? (2) Why did the minister and his department allow this issue to reach a point at which the State School Teachers’ Union felt compelled to write to other branches about conditions in WA? (3) Does the minister concede that his $80 000 advertising campaign to lure teachers from the other states is grossly misleading and does not outline all the facts? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
(1) Does the minister recognise that the only reason that the union is taking this action is because of his failure to provide adequate resources and housing for teachers in remote and rural communities? (2) Why did the minister and his department allow this issue to reach a point at which the State School Teachers’ Union felt compelled to write to other branches about conditions in WA? (3) Does the minister concede that his $80 000 advertising campaign to lure teachers from the other states is grossly misleading and does not outline all the facts? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
(2) Why did the minister and his department allow this issue to reach a point at which the State School Teachers’ Union felt compelled to write to other branches about conditions in WA? (3) Does the minister concede that his $80 000 advertising campaign to lure teachers from the other states is grossly misleading and does not outline all the facts? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
(3) Does the minister concede that his $80 000 advertising campaign to lure teachers from the other states is grossly misleading and does not outline all the facts? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
(1)-(3) I thank the member for Hillarys for this dorothy dixer. The State School Teachers’ Union’s decision to run down Western Australia in a letter to its interstate colleagues is disgraceful. That move apparently has the support of the Liberal Party, because the member for Murdoch endorsed it yesterday and the member for Hillarys endorsed it today. That is an outrageous slur on this state - Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr J.E. McGrath interjected. Withdrawal of Remark The SPEAKER : I call the member for South Perth to order and ask him to withdraw his comment. Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr J.E. McGRATH : I withdraw. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : It is disgraceful for the union to write to its colleagues in the eastern states in an attempt to discourage people from moving to Western Australia. No matter how the letter was written, the State School Teachers’ Union’s colleagues in the eastern states will tell its members not to go to Western Australia because it is experiencing a lot of problems. Government departments, private schools and schoolteacher unions in the eastern states will portray Western Australia as a place that no-one wants to go to. No matter how the fine print reads, that is the way that this matter will be portrayed in the eastern states. Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : It is all your fault! The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Murdoch! Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr M. McGOWAN : We have the people opposite endorsing a running down of Western Australia. Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr R.F. Johnson : No, we are concerned about the conditions for our teachers. Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr M. McGOWAN : While we are on the subject of history, I thought we had a fairly apt description, if I do say so myself, of the member for Murdoch, who yesterday reminded me of Pierre Laval, the former Prime Minister of France, who joined with the occupying forces to attack his own state. We have the member for Hillarys, who reminds me a lot of General Andrei Vlasov - Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr R.F. Johnson : So you are going to make fun of our teachers’ conditions, are you? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Hillarys is a Vlasovite. Andrei Vlasov, of course, was the Soviet general who swapped sides in 1942 and fought for the Germans because he would not support his own country. Actually, the member for Hillarys reminds me a little bit more of Oswald Mosley; maybe that is a more apt description of him. He does not support his own state; he does not support his own teaching workforce.
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