❓ The WA Education Minister outlines the benefits of the federal opposition's 'Knowledge Nation' policy for WA, contrasting it with the current federal government's approach, particularly regarding education funding and the GST on textbooks.
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EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE NATION, FEDERAL OPPOSITION POLICY
How will the commitment put forward by the federal Leader of the Opposition in respect of the education portfolio benefit Western Australia? Mr CARPENTER
How will the commitment put forward by the federal Leader of the Opposition in respect of the education portfolio benefit Western Australia? Mr CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Rockingham for the question and for some notice of it. Mr Trenorden: You wrote it; you should do! Mr CARPENTER: Politics is such an unfair business. One stands on one’s feet and receives slurs from those on the other side. Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
Mr CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Rockingham for the question and for some notice of it. Mr Trenorden: You wrote it; you should do! Mr CARPENTER: Politics is such an unfair business. One stands on one’s feet and receives slurs from those on the other side. Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
I thank the member for Rockingham for the question and for some notice of it. Mr Trenorden: You wrote it; you should do! Mr CARPENTER: Politics is such an unfair business. One stands on one’s feet and receives slurs from those on the other side. Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
Mr Trenorden: You wrote it; you should do! Mr CARPENTER: Politics is such an unfair business. One stands on one’s feet and receives slurs from those on the other side. Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
Mr CARPENTER: Politics is such an unfair business. One stands on one’s feet and receives slurs from those on the other side. Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
Mr CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Rockingham for the question and for some notice of it. Mr Trenorden: You wrote it; you should do! Mr CARPENTER: Politics is such an unfair business. One stands on one’s feet and receives slurs from those on the other side. Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
I thank the member for Rockingham for the question and for some notice of it. Mr Trenorden: You wrote it; you should do! Mr CARPENTER: Politics is such an unfair business. One stands on one’s feet and receives slurs from those on the other side. Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
Mr Trenorden: You wrote it; you should do! Mr CARPENTER: Politics is such an unfair business. One stands on one’s feet and receives slurs from those on the other side. Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
Mr CARPENTER: Politics is such an unfair business. One stands on one’s feet and receives slurs from those on the other side. Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
Today is a very important day for young Western Australians because it is the beginning of their exams for admittance to tertiary education, higher education, employment and so on. For that reason, the question from the member for Rockingham is very timely. The federal opposition leader, Kim Beazley, has a plan to provide some brighter future for Western Australian youth and Australian youth in general. I have with me a photocopy of the plan for the knowledge nation, which sets out a blueprint for the development of a knowledge society. I contrast that with the dark abyss of fear and loathing promoted by the current federal Government. Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
Young people need a vision of the nation to which they can aspire. They need it at federal and state levels. At last we have a Premier who is capable of articulating the vision along those lines. The federal Labor Party to a certain extent has replicated many of the initiatives that we are trying to put in place in Western Australia. It recognises the need to supply better support and resources for children who are struggling with literacy and numeracy. Those are the very basics. The knowledge nation program will provide $88 million over five years to help with literacy and numeracy. The knowledge nation program will provide funding for 280 additional teachers to deal with behaviour management and discipline issues - the same sort of program that a few weeks ago we instigated at Girrawheen Senior High School for the benefit of students and teachers in Western Australia. The knowledge nation education policy promoted by the federal Labor Party provides for the establishment or the recognition of education priority zones, which will improve the results of schools that need them most; in other words, it will target resources to places that need them most. That is the kind of differential resourcing approach and sensitivity to local needs that we need in education. At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
At the state level we need support from the Commonwealth Government. We are getting no support from the Commonwealth Government at the moment; in fact, it is making it difficult for States all around Australia to provide the kind of educational opportunities that they need to be able to provide to young people throughout Australia. Another example of the way in which the federal Government is blind and deaf to the needs of the educational sector is the imposition of the goods and services tax on textbooks. What a stupid thing to do to the young people of Australia - to tax young people as they try to proceed with their education. A future federal Labor Government has promised to remove the impost on textbooks by fully compensating the 10 per cent GST. There is a stark contrast between the political bedrock and darkness promoted by the federal Government, with low vision for the nation and no capacity to inspire the young people of this country or provide them with the opportunities in life that they will need to become successful citizens of a modern, vibrant economy, and the essentials that are called for by Australia and outlined by Kim Beazley in the knowledge nation document.
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