❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the Minister for Education, Dr. Constable, regarding the number of attendance officers servicing schools in the north metropolitan region. The exchange escalates, leading to Mr. Wyatt's repeated interjections and eventual suspension from the chamber.
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EDUCATION PARTICIPATION PROGRAM — OFFICER COMMENT
I have a supplementary question. Is it not true that the north metropolitan education regional office employs 2.4 full-time equivalent attendance officers to service 230 schools in the north metropolitan region and, in fact, not every school has an attendance officer, as asserted by the minister in the Parliament? Dr E. CONSTABLE
I have a supplementary question. Is it not true that the north metropolitan education regional office employs 2.4 full-time equivalent attendance officers to service 230 schools in the north metropolitan region and, in fact, not every school has an attendance officer, as asserted by the minister in the Parliament? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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I will say what I said before. It is my understanding that there is someone in every school who is responsible for — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s not what you said before; you said every school has an attendance officer and you know it! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I formally call you to order for the third time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I will say what I said before. It is my understanding that there is someone in every school who is responsible for — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s not what you said before; you said every school has an attendance officer and you know it! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I formally call you to order for the third time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
I will say what I said before. It is my understanding that there is someone in every school who is responsible for — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s not what you said before; you said every school has an attendance officer and you know it! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I formally call you to order for the third time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s not what you said before; you said every school has an attendance officer and you know it! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I formally call you to order for the third time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I formally call you to order for the third time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
[The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I will say what I said before. It is my understanding that there is someone in every school who is responsible for — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s not what you said before; you said every school has an attendance officer and you know it! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I formally call you to order for the third time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
I will say what I said before. It is my understanding that there is someone in every school who is responsible for — Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s not what you said before; you said every school has an attendance officer and you know it! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I formally call you to order for the third time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
Mr B.S. Wyatt : That’s not what you said before; you said every school has an attendance officer and you know it! The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I formally call you to order for the third time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I formally call you to order for the third time today. Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE : Every school, as I understand it, has someone responsible for attendance in that school and to that extent every school has an attendance officer. Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
Mr B.S. Wyatt interjected. Suspension of Member The SPEAKER : Member for Victoria Park, I call you to order for the fourth time today and I ask you to leave this chamber. [The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
[The member for Victoria Park left the chamber.]
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