❓ Mr Wyatt questions the Minister for Education about a significant increase in the number of children with unknown whereabouts and links it to funding cuts. The Minister acknowledges the concern but denies a direct link, citing broader issues and new initiatives.
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EDUCATION — SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
I refer to the “Department of Education Annual Report 2010–11”, which states that the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown by the minister’s department, schools and educational programs was, as at 30 June 2011, a staggering 1 461. (1) Is the minister aware that this number has increased by almost 80 per cent in one year? (2) Can the minister confirm that there were significant cuts to the education participation program by the minister last year? (3) Can the minister confirm that as part of the abolition of district offices, the number of truancy or welfare officers has decreased across the metropolitan area? (4) What will the minister do about this appalling situation to ensure that our kids are kept in school and off the streets where they are likely to commit crime? Dr E. CONSTABLE
I refer to the “Department of Education Annual Report 2010–11”, which states that the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown by the minister’s department, schools and educational programs was, as at 30 June 2011, a staggering 1 461. (1) Is the minister aware that this number has increased by almost 80 per cent in one year? (2) Can the minister confirm that there were significant cuts to the education participation program by the minister last year? (3) Can the minister confirm that as part of the abolition of district offices, the number of truancy or welfare officers has decreased across the metropolitan area? (4) What will the minister do about this appalling situation to ensure that our kids are kept in school and off the streets where they are likely to commit crime? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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(1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
(1) Is the minister aware that this number has increased by almost 80 per cent in one year? (2) Can the minister confirm that there were significant cuts to the education participation program by the minister last year? (3) Can the minister confirm that as part of the abolition of district offices, the number of truancy or welfare officers has decreased across the metropolitan area? (4) What will the minister do about this appalling situation to ensure that our kids are kept in school and off the streets where they are likely to commit crime? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
(2) Can the minister confirm that there were significant cuts to the education participation program by the minister last year? (3) Can the minister confirm that as part of the abolition of district offices, the number of truancy or welfare officers has decreased across the metropolitan area? (4) What will the minister do about this appalling situation to ensure that our kids are kept in school and off the streets where they are likely to commit crime? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
(3) Can the minister confirm that as part of the abolition of district offices, the number of truancy or welfare officers has decreased across the metropolitan area? (4) What will the minister do about this appalling situation to ensure that our kids are kept in school and off the streets where they are likely to commit crime? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
(4) What will the minister do about this appalling situation to ensure that our kids are kept in school and off the streets where they are likely to commit crime? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
(1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
(1) Is the minister aware that this number has increased by almost 80 per cent in one year? (2) Can the minister confirm that there were significant cuts to the education participation program by the minister last year? (3) Can the minister confirm that as part of the abolition of district offices, the number of truancy or welfare officers has decreased across the metropolitan area? (4) What will the minister do about this appalling situation to ensure that our kids are kept in school and off the streets where they are likely to commit crime? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
(2) Can the minister confirm that there were significant cuts to the education participation program by the minister last year? (3) Can the minister confirm that as part of the abolition of district offices, the number of truancy or welfare officers has decreased across the metropolitan area? (4) What will the minister do about this appalling situation to ensure that our kids are kept in school and off the streets where they are likely to commit crime? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
(3) Can the minister confirm that as part of the abolition of district offices, the number of truancy or welfare officers has decreased across the metropolitan area? (4) What will the minister do about this appalling situation to ensure that our kids are kept in school and off the streets where they are likely to commit crime? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
(4) What will the minister do about this appalling situation to ensure that our kids are kept in school and off the streets where they are likely to commit crime? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
(1)–(4) The member for Victoria Park of course raises a very crucial and important issue related to school attendance. I know that these are the difficult issues that the former Labor government dealt with, as we are dealing with them now. If we look at school attendance as a general issue between 2000 and 2008, we see that attendance fell in primary schools during that time; it fell in secondary schools during that time. In the last three years we have seen a slight increase in school attendance. It is not good enough and we are certainly working very hard to ensure more happens with this. One of the things that I have learnt in recent times is that there is a fall-off in enrolment between primary school and high school and that a number of students actually just get lost in that time, they do not enrol — Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : So an 80 per cent increase in one year is normal? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am not saying that it is normal at all. In fact my earlier remarks suggest to the member that I think it is of great concern that there is an increase in the number of children whose whereabouts are unknown. Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : It’s appalling. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Do you see any link with your cuts to the education participation program and the fact that kids are falling through the cracks? The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I do not see links to that at all, because almost every school in the state has an attendance officer—someone who is responsible in that area. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : But you cut $4.5 million dollars out of the program; that is the problem, minister—50 per cent of the funding. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : And, member for Victoria Park, through our school attendance strategy, in fact more funds are being put — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s fine, but the unknown students have increased by 80 per cent. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member wants to answer the question, that is fine. Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Well, the minister is not answering the question at all. The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park! I will give you a supplementary question; I will not indulge your consistent interjecting. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Member for Victoria Park, I said at the outset that I understood that when the Labor Party was in government, issues to do with attendance, non-attendance and non-enrolment were treated very seriously; we treat them very seriously as well. Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : But there was never an 80 per cent spike in the number of students whose whereabouts are unknown. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am also aware that there are many transient families, particularly in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, but also in other places, and transience also accounts for this situation. Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro! Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr T.G. Stephens : Just because they live in the Pilbara and the Kimberley it’s okay? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I did not say that; the member made that up. The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, if you want the call, I will give you the call. At the moment I call you to order for the first time. While I am on my feet, I will also call the member for Warnbro to order for the first time today, along with the member for Midland. Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr T.G. Stephens : If they live in the Pilbara or the Kimberley, you don’t care whether you know whether they are at school or not? The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I formally call you to order for the second time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara — Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr P. Papalia interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Warnbro, you can be called to order for the second time today. Members might have noticed the behaviour in this place yesterday; I think I was the person who noticed it the most. Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : If the member for Pilbara cared to listen, he would learn that in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara we are putting in place a tracking system that is part of the tri-border agreement with South Australia and the Northern Territory. We will now apply it in the Kimberley and Pilbara to track the whereabouts of young Aboriginal students who are part of transient families. We recognise that that is part of the way of life with many people, but we want to ensure that when those students move from one school and are then recorded as not attending—they often turn up at another school—we will track the whereabouts of those students through a computer tracking system. As well as that, we hope that we will also be able to put in place a system that takes the students’ learning program with them so that when they go to another school, turn up at that other school — Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Mr B.S. Wyatt : Put in place when, minister? Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I expect a tracking system for attendance to be in place before the end of the year, and that was discussed only a few weeks ago. There are many things that we are putting in place to ensure attendance. Every school, or almost every school has an attendance officer — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Through our attendance strategy for the next three years, there are many, many targets and many strategies that will be put in place to increase attendance and ensure that every child in this state is enrolled.
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