❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the delay in the release of the Aboriginal Education Strategy 2010-2014, highlighting the gap since the previous strategy expired in 2008. Minister Constable explains the delay is due to WA leading the development of a national plan, which needs to be finalised first to ensure alignment.
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Aboriginal education strategy 2010–2014
Before I ask this question, on behalf the member for Perth, I acknowledge the students from our sister state of Surabaya, Indonesia, and from Trinity College here today in the public gallery. I refer to the fact that the previous Aboriginal education strategy expired in 2008 and that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy 2010–2014 is yet to be signed off and released by the Minister for Education. (1) When did the Department of Education forward the plan to the minister’s office? (2) Why is it that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy due to commence in 2010 has still not commenced in 2011? (3) Will the minister finalise the strategy before it is due to expire in 2014? Dr E. CONSTABLE
Before I ask this question, on behalf the member for Perth, I acknowledge the students from our sister state of Surabaya, Indonesia, and from Trinity College here today in the public gallery. I refer to the fact that the previous Aboriginal education strategy expired in 2008 and that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy 2010–2014 is yet to be signed off and released by the Minister for Education. (1) When did the Department of Education forward the plan to the minister’s office? (2) Why is it that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy due to commence in 2010 has still not commenced in 2011? (3) Will the minister finalise the strategy before it is due to expire in 2014? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
I refer to the fact that the previous Aboriginal education strategy expired in 2008 and that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy 2010–2014 is yet to be signed off and released by the Minister for Education. (1) When did the Department of Education forward the plan to the minister’s office? (2) Why is it that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy due to commence in 2010 has still not commenced in 2011? (3) Will the minister finalise the strategy before it is due to expire in 2014? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
(1) When did the Department of Education forward the plan to the minister’s office? (2) Why is it that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy due to commence in 2010 has still not commenced in 2011? (3) Will the minister finalise the strategy before it is due to expire in 2014? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
(2) Why is it that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy due to commence in 2010 has still not commenced in 2011? (3) Will the minister finalise the strategy before it is due to expire in 2014? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
(3) Will the minister finalise the strategy before it is due to expire in 2014? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
(1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
I refer to the fact that the previous Aboriginal education strategy expired in 2008 and that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy 2010–2014 is yet to be signed off and released by the Minister for Education. (1) When did the Department of Education forward the plan to the minister’s office? (2) Why is it that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy due to commence in 2010 has still not commenced in 2011? (3) Will the minister finalise the strategy before it is due to expire in 2014? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
(1) When did the Department of Education forward the plan to the minister’s office? (2) Why is it that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy due to commence in 2010 has still not commenced in 2011? (3) Will the minister finalise the strategy before it is due to expire in 2014? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
(2) Why is it that the proposed Aboriginal education strategy due to commence in 2010 has still not commenced in 2011? (3) Will the minister finalise the strategy before it is due to expire in 2014? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
(3) Will the minister finalise the strategy before it is due to expire in 2014? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
I thank the member for Victoria Park for the question. (1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
(1)–(3) I am sure he would agree that the most challenging issue we have to deal with in education is Aboriginal education. Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : That is why I am very keen for the strategy to be released, minister. Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : As am I. If the member gives me a moment to explain, he will see where we are at with this strategy. There is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan, which is being developed through the ministerial council, and this state has taken the lead on that plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : So it hasn’t been rolled out in Australia. The whole country is waiting! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Let me finish; just listen for a moment. We initially took the lead on this plan. We have been very involved in it, and all states have also clearly been involved in it. It has been signed off now by the ministerial council. It is a Council of Australian Governments document and will be signed off by COAG, I understand, out of session. Until that plan was completed, which was very recently, we were not able to complete our own plan, so there have been some delays in the completion of the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander plan. Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : In light of the fact that WA is leading it, when can we expect to see it? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I hope very soon, but we will not finalise our plan until the national plan is signed off, because we see the two being hand-in-hand. It is no use us having a plan that is out of step with the national plan. Until that is signed off, we will not complete our own plan. Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Mr E.S. Ripper : So we’ve got no plan. Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : We do have our own plan. We have been leading that and have been finalising it. I expect that once the national plan is signed off, ours will be signed off. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
The SPEAKER : It is nice to know that everybody is very enthusiastic, and some people are more enthusiastic than others. The minister has the call. I am sure the member for Victoria Park will ask a supplementary question, and that will be the process. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand the national plan is due to be signed off by heads of government out of session fairly soon, but I do not know the exact date.
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