❓ The Minister for Education and Training outlines actions to improve access to TAFE facilities for Karratha school students, including collocation of facilities and allowing access to TAFE resources for vocational training. The answer also details other education and training initiatives across WA.
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What action is being taken to ensure that Karratha school students will benefit from the increased training and employment opportunities that will flow from the planned Burrup resource development projects? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. As the Speaker knows, because he accompanied me, last Wednesday I spent the day in Karratha speaking to people in education and training in that area about the possibilities that will now open up because of the amalgamation of education and training. Very importantly, we recognised that there were severe limitations on the access that students at the Karratha Senior High School could have to the TAFE facilities because of the bureaucratic barriers between education and training. People in Karratha and the surrounding district, and the Speaker himself, who have raised this with me over a period knew that something had to be done. Last week we basically went to Karratha to announce that the educational facilities will be collocated in the future; that is, the senior school years - certainly years 11 and 12, but potentially years 10, 11 and 12, as recommended by the Burrup schools task force chaired by the member for Peel. However, the most immediate and important thing that we could do there was to tell people that in this school year, students at Karratha Senior High School will be able to access the TAFE facilities for their vocational education and training programs, which is a major breakthrough for that town. Everybody who is familiar with the facilities will know that the Karratha Senior High School is badly in need of an upgrade and has been for quite a long time. On the other hand, the TAFE facility is absolutely magnificent, with very well-appointed facilities. The possibilities that now arise because students can access those facilities are almost endless and will be of great benefit to the town. I was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic attitude taken by the TAFE staff. I anticipated perhaps a little reservation, but it was quite the contrary. I will take a moment more to point out that this is part of a rapid change that is now happening in education and training in Western Australia. That was Wednesday last week. At the beginning of last week the Premier launched four new pilot projects, funded to $1.2 million, to address low retention rates and school-to-work transition for 15 to 19-year-olds in WA. They will be the local learning and employment partnerships. Joondalup, Peel, the mid west and the great southern regions will provide a framework for local communities to develop local solutions to education, training and employment needs of young people in their region. This is the sort of model that we said we would put in place if we had the opportunity. I am very pleased that we have been able to do it so quickly. Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. As the Speaker knows, because he accompanied me, last Wednesday I spent the day in Karratha speaking to people in education and training in that area about the possibilities that will now open up because of the amalgamation of education and training. Very importantly, we recognised that there were severe limitations on the access that students at the Karratha Senior High School could have to the TAFE facilities because of the bureaucratic barriers between education and training. People in Karratha and the surrounding district, and the Speaker himself, who have raised this with me over a period knew that something had to be done. Last week we basically went to Karratha to announce that the educational facilities will be collocated in the future; that is, the senior school years - certainly years 11 and 12, but potentially years 10, 11 and 12, as recommended by the Burrup schools task force chaired by the member for Peel. However, the most immediate and important thing that we could do there was to tell people that in this school year, students at Karratha Senior High School will be able to access the TAFE facilities for their vocational education and training programs, which is a major breakthrough for that town. Everybody who is familiar with the facilities will know that the Karratha Senior High School is badly in need of an upgrade and has been for quite a long time. On the other hand, the TAFE facility is absolutely magnificent, with very well-appointed facilities. The possibilities that now arise because students can access those facilities are almost endless and will be of great benefit to the town. I was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic attitude taken by the TAFE staff. I anticipated perhaps a little reservation, but it was quite the contrary. I will take a moment more to point out that this is part of a rapid change that is now happening in education and training in Western Australia. That was Wednesday last week. At the beginning of last week the Premier launched four new pilot projects, funded to $1.2 million, to address low retention rates and school-to-work transition for 15 to 19-year-olds in WA. They will be the local learning and employment partnerships. Joondalup, Peel, the mid west and the great southern regions will provide a framework for local communities to develop local solutions to education, training and employment needs of young people in their region. This is the sort of model that we said we would put in place if we had the opportunity. I am very pleased that we have been able to do it so quickly. Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. As the Speaker knows, because he accompanied me, last Wednesday I spent the day in Karratha speaking to people in education and training in that area about the possibilities that will now open up because of the amalgamation of education and training. Very importantly, we recognised that there were severe limitations on the access that students at the Karratha Senior High School could have to the TAFE facilities because of the bureaucratic barriers between education and training. People in Karratha and the surrounding district, and the Speaker himself, who have raised this with me over a period knew that something had to be done. Last week we basically went to Karratha to announce that the educational facilities will be collocated in the future; that is, the senior school years - certainly years 11 and 12, but potentially years 10, 11 and 12, as recommended by the Burrup schools task force chaired by the member for Peel. However, the most immediate and important thing that we could do there was to tell people that in this school year, students at Karratha Senior High School will be able to access the TAFE facilities for their vocational education and training programs, which is a major breakthrough for that town. Everybody who is familiar with the facilities will know that the Karratha Senior High School is badly in need of an upgrade and has been for quite a long time. On the other hand, the TAFE facility is absolutely magnificent, with very well-appointed facilities. The possibilities that now arise because students can access those facilities are almost endless and will be of great benefit to the town. I was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic attitude taken by the TAFE staff. I anticipated perhaps a little reservation, but it was quite the contrary. I will take a moment more to point out that this is part of a rapid change that is now happening in education and training in Western Australia. That was Wednesday last week. At the beginning of last week the Premier launched four new pilot projects, funded to $1.2 million, to address low retention rates and school-to-work transition for 15 to 19-year-olds in WA. They will be the local learning and employment partnerships. Joondalup, Peel, the mid west and the great southern regions will provide a framework for local communities to develop local solutions to education, training and employment needs of young people in their region. This is the sort of model that we said we would put in place if we had the opportunity. I am very pleased that we have been able to do it so quickly. Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Everybody who is familiar with the facilities will know that the Karratha Senior High School is badly in need of an upgrade and has been for quite a long time. On the other hand, the TAFE facility is absolutely magnificent, with very well-appointed facilities. The possibilities that now arise because students can access those facilities are almost endless and will be of great benefit to the town. I was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic attitude taken by the TAFE staff. I anticipated perhaps a little reservation, but it was quite the contrary. I will take a moment more to point out that this is part of a rapid change that is now happening in education and training in Western Australia. That was Wednesday last week. At the beginning of last week the Premier launched four new pilot projects, funded to $1.2 million, to address low retention rates and school-to-work transition for 15 to 19-year-olds in WA. They will be the local learning and employment partnerships. Joondalup, Peel, the mid west and the great southern regions will provide a framework for local communities to develop local solutions to education, training and employment needs of young people in their region. This is the sort of model that we said we would put in place if we had the opportunity. I am very pleased that we have been able to do it so quickly. Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
I will take a moment more to point out that this is part of a rapid change that is now happening in education and training in Western Australia. That was Wednesday last week. At the beginning of last week the Premier launched four new pilot projects, funded to $1.2 million, to address low retention rates and school-to-work transition for 15 to 19-year-olds in WA. They will be the local learning and employment partnerships. Joondalup, Peel, the mid west and the great southern regions will provide a framework for local communities to develop local solutions to education, training and employment needs of young people in their region. This is the sort of model that we said we would put in place if we had the opportunity. I am very pleased that we have been able to do it so quickly. Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. As the Speaker knows, because he accompanied me, last Wednesday I spent the day in Karratha speaking to people in education and training in that area about the possibilities that will now open up because of the amalgamation of education and training. Very importantly, we recognised that there were severe limitations on the access that students at the Karratha Senior High School could have to the TAFE facilities because of the bureaucratic barriers between education and training. People in Karratha and the surrounding district, and the Speaker himself, who have raised this with me over a period knew that something had to be done. Last week we basically went to Karratha to announce that the educational facilities will be collocated in the future; that is, the senior school years - certainly years 11 and 12, but potentially years 10, 11 and 12, as recommended by the Burrup schools task force chaired by the member for Peel. However, the most immediate and important thing that we could do there was to tell people that in this school year, students at Karratha Senior High School will be able to access the TAFE facilities for their vocational education and training programs, which is a major breakthrough for that town. Everybody who is familiar with the facilities will know that the Karratha Senior High School is badly in need of an upgrade and has been for quite a long time. On the other hand, the TAFE facility is absolutely magnificent, with very well-appointed facilities. The possibilities that now arise because students can access those facilities are almost endless and will be of great benefit to the town. I was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic attitude taken by the TAFE staff. I anticipated perhaps a little reservation, but it was quite the contrary. I will take a moment more to point out that this is part of a rapid change that is now happening in education and training in Western Australia. That was Wednesday last week. At the beginning of last week the Premier launched four new pilot projects, funded to $1.2 million, to address low retention rates and school-to-work transition for 15 to 19-year-olds in WA. They will be the local learning and employment partnerships. Joondalup, Peel, the mid west and the great southern regions will provide a framework for local communities to develop local solutions to education, training and employment needs of young people in their region. This is the sort of model that we said we would put in place if we had the opportunity. I am very pleased that we have been able to do it so quickly. Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. As the Speaker knows, because he accompanied me, last Wednesday I spent the day in Karratha speaking to people in education and training in that area about the possibilities that will now open up because of the amalgamation of education and training. Very importantly, we recognised that there were severe limitations on the access that students at the Karratha Senior High School could have to the TAFE facilities because of the bureaucratic barriers between education and training. People in Karratha and the surrounding district, and the Speaker himself, who have raised this with me over a period knew that something had to be done. Last week we basically went to Karratha to announce that the educational facilities will be collocated in the future; that is, the senior school years - certainly years 11 and 12, but potentially years 10, 11 and 12, as recommended by the Burrup schools task force chaired by the member for Peel. However, the most immediate and important thing that we could do there was to tell people that in this school year, students at Karratha Senior High School will be able to access the TAFE facilities for their vocational education and training programs, which is a major breakthrough for that town. Everybody who is familiar with the facilities will know that the Karratha Senior High School is badly in need of an upgrade and has been for quite a long time. On the other hand, the TAFE facility is absolutely magnificent, with very well-appointed facilities. The possibilities that now arise because students can access those facilities are almost endless and will be of great benefit to the town. I was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic attitude taken by the TAFE staff. I anticipated perhaps a little reservation, but it was quite the contrary. I will take a moment more to point out that this is part of a rapid change that is now happening in education and training in Western Australia. That was Wednesday last week. At the beginning of last week the Premier launched four new pilot projects, funded to $1.2 million, to address low retention rates and school-to-work transition for 15 to 19-year-olds in WA. They will be the local learning and employment partnerships. Joondalup, Peel, the mid west and the great southern regions will provide a framework for local communities to develop local solutions to education, training and employment needs of young people in their region. This is the sort of model that we said we would put in place if we had the opportunity. I am very pleased that we have been able to do it so quickly. Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Everybody who is familiar with the facilities will know that the Karratha Senior High School is badly in need of an upgrade and has been for quite a long time. On the other hand, the TAFE facility is absolutely magnificent, with very well-appointed facilities. The possibilities that now arise because students can access those facilities are almost endless and will be of great benefit to the town. I was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic attitude taken by the TAFE staff. I anticipated perhaps a little reservation, but it was quite the contrary. I will take a moment more to point out that this is part of a rapid change that is now happening in education and training in Western Australia. That was Wednesday last week. At the beginning of last week the Premier launched four new pilot projects, funded to $1.2 million, to address low retention rates and school-to-work transition for 15 to 19-year-olds in WA. They will be the local learning and employment partnerships. Joondalup, Peel, the mid west and the great southern regions will provide a framework for local communities to develop local solutions to education, training and employment needs of young people in their region. This is the sort of model that we said we would put in place if we had the opportunity. I am very pleased that we have been able to do it so quickly. Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
I will take a moment more to point out that this is part of a rapid change that is now happening in education and training in Western Australia. That was Wednesday last week. At the beginning of last week the Premier launched four new pilot projects, funded to $1.2 million, to address low retention rates and school-to-work transition for 15 to 19-year-olds in WA. They will be the local learning and employment partnerships. Joondalup, Peel, the mid west and the great southern regions will provide a framework for local communities to develop local solutions to education, training and employment needs of young people in their region. This is the sort of model that we said we would put in place if we had the opportunity. I am very pleased that we have been able to do it so quickly. Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Last week the Premier also turned the first sod at the new hospitality training institute at the Joondalup TAFE campus. That is a magnificent development; it is wonderful. We will provide the Joondalup area and young people in the northern corridor of Western Australia with a facility that is unsurpassed, with quality human and physical resources. We also signed a memorandum of understanding between the City of Mandurah and Murdoch University - the member for Dawesville was present that day - which will lead to a multimillion-dollar university centre at the Peel education and TAFE campus. Again, for the southern corridor, that is a major development. We opened a new industrial skills centre and aquaculture centre at the Albany TAFE campus on Thursday. The member for Albany was with me there. Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Mr P.B. Watson: It was a great day. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It was a great day. We announced a $6.8 million building contract to build the new Margaret River education campus, with a centre for wine excellence as its centrepiece. They are significant developments, combining education and training, and bringing in higher education in the education precinct model that will deliver such great benefits for Western Australia. It is good that it has happened so quickly. I anticipated that this would take a little longer. However, when government decides to do something, if it wants to, it can make the decision and go ahead and do it. Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett: It was happening for four years and you are continuing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I will not spend any time dwelling on the record of the previous Minister for Education because I am feeling kindly towards him today. I have gone through that process before. It is easy for people who have been in government for eight years to tell everybody, when they are out of government, that if only they had been there for another four years, all these sorts of things would have happened. The record speaks for itself, and I invite people to look at it. I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
I can assure the member for Peel that there are big plans for education and training in his area, and there will be big developments to create a better future for the young people there. The situation is the same for the young people in Bunbury and all over Western Australia.
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