❓ The Minister for Education and Training outlines the government's plan to enhance education in Bunbury by building a senior secondary school on the TAFE campus, addressing the rising school leaving age and accommodating students not currently engaged in education. The response also critiques the opposition's proposals and highlights community support for the government's plan.
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Will the minister please advise the House of the Government’s vision for enhancing education and training in the Bunbury region? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. It is a very interesting issue in Bunbury and it is one that is brought into sharp focus by our move to raise the school leaving age from 15 to 17 years and the need to accommodate the students who are not currently involved in education but will be. I today released for public comment a proposal to build a senior secondary school for year 11 and 12 students on the Bunbury TAFEWA campus. I thank the member for Bunbury for the role he has played in this issue in his electorate; he has been very constructive. He has brought together all the issues and arguments and has laid out the options very clearly for people in education and the local community. This year 11 and 12 facility on the TAFE campus is strongly supported by the broad community in the region. It is very interesting. After a comment from the member for Mitchell about the desirability, in his eyes, of building a senior school for year 11 and 12 students at the current Eaton middle school, I went to Eaton and spoke to the principal, staff, P&C and school council. Those people unanimously supported the Government’s option. They did not support developing a year 11 and 12 campus on the Eaton site, contrary to the assertion of the member for Mitchell. That is interesting to me. Under our proposal, a senior college open to all year 11 and 12 students in the region will be built on the TAFE campus. No changes will be made to other local high schools. It is a very good plan. It has been developed to alleviate the population pressure on existing high schools and to try to accommodate students who are not currently engaged in education in the area. Several hundred people fit into that category. The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. It is a very interesting issue in Bunbury and it is one that is brought into sharp focus by our move to raise the school leaving age from 15 to 17 years and the need to accommodate the students who are not currently involved in education but will be. I today released for public comment a proposal to build a senior secondary school for year 11 and 12 students on the Bunbury TAFEWA campus. I thank the member for Bunbury for the role he has played in this issue in his electorate; he has been very constructive. He has brought together all the issues and arguments and has laid out the options very clearly for people in education and the local community. This year 11 and 12 facility on the TAFE campus is strongly supported by the broad community in the region. It is very interesting. After a comment from the member for Mitchell about the desirability, in his eyes, of building a senior school for year 11 and 12 students at the current Eaton middle school, I went to Eaton and spoke to the principal, staff, P&C and school council. Those people unanimously supported the Government’s option. They did not support developing a year 11 and 12 campus on the Eaton site, contrary to the assertion of the member for Mitchell. That is interesting to me. Under our proposal, a senior college open to all year 11 and 12 students in the region will be built on the TAFE campus. No changes will be made to other local high schools. It is a very good plan. It has been developed to alleviate the population pressure on existing high schools and to try to accommodate students who are not currently engaged in education in the area. Several hundred people fit into that category. The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. It is a very interesting issue in Bunbury and it is one that is brought into sharp focus by our move to raise the school leaving age from 15 to 17 years and the need to accommodate the students who are not currently involved in education but will be. I today released for public comment a proposal to build a senior secondary school for year 11 and 12 students on the Bunbury TAFEWA campus. I thank the member for Bunbury for the role he has played in this issue in his electorate; he has been very constructive. He has brought together all the issues and arguments and has laid out the options very clearly for people in education and the local community. This year 11 and 12 facility on the TAFE campus is strongly supported by the broad community in the region. It is very interesting. After a comment from the member for Mitchell about the desirability, in his eyes, of building a senior school for year 11 and 12 students at the current Eaton middle school, I went to Eaton and spoke to the principal, staff, P&C and school council. Those people unanimously supported the Government’s option. They did not support developing a year 11 and 12 campus on the Eaton site, contrary to the assertion of the member for Mitchell. That is interesting to me. Under our proposal, a senior college open to all year 11 and 12 students in the region will be built on the TAFE campus. No changes will be made to other local high schools. It is a very good plan. It has been developed to alleviate the population pressure on existing high schools and to try to accommodate students who are not currently engaged in education in the area. Several hundred people fit into that category. The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
This year 11 and 12 facility on the TAFE campus is strongly supported by the broad community in the region. It is very interesting. After a comment from the member for Mitchell about the desirability, in his eyes, of building a senior school for year 11 and 12 students at the current Eaton middle school, I went to Eaton and spoke to the principal, staff, P&C and school council. Those people unanimously supported the Government’s option. They did not support developing a year 11 and 12 campus on the Eaton site, contrary to the assertion of the member for Mitchell. That is interesting to me. Under our proposal, a senior college open to all year 11 and 12 students in the region will be built on the TAFE campus. No changes will be made to other local high schools. It is a very good plan. It has been developed to alleviate the population pressure on existing high schools and to try to accommodate students who are not currently engaged in education in the area. Several hundred people fit into that category. The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Under our proposal, a senior college open to all year 11 and 12 students in the region will be built on the TAFE campus. No changes will be made to other local high schools. It is a very good plan. It has been developed to alleviate the population pressure on existing high schools and to try to accommodate students who are not currently engaged in education in the area. Several hundred people fit into that category. The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. It is a very interesting issue in Bunbury and it is one that is brought into sharp focus by our move to raise the school leaving age from 15 to 17 years and the need to accommodate the students who are not currently involved in education but will be. I today released for public comment a proposal to build a senior secondary school for year 11 and 12 students on the Bunbury TAFEWA campus. I thank the member for Bunbury for the role he has played in this issue in his electorate; he has been very constructive. He has brought together all the issues and arguments and has laid out the options very clearly for people in education and the local community. This year 11 and 12 facility on the TAFE campus is strongly supported by the broad community in the region. It is very interesting. After a comment from the member for Mitchell about the desirability, in his eyes, of building a senior school for year 11 and 12 students at the current Eaton middle school, I went to Eaton and spoke to the principal, staff, P&C and school council. Those people unanimously supported the Government’s option. They did not support developing a year 11 and 12 campus on the Eaton site, contrary to the assertion of the member for Mitchell. That is interesting to me. Under our proposal, a senior college open to all year 11 and 12 students in the region will be built on the TAFE campus. No changes will be made to other local high schools. It is a very good plan. It has been developed to alleviate the population pressure on existing high schools and to try to accommodate students who are not currently engaged in education in the area. Several hundred people fit into that category. The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
I thank the member for Bunbury for the question. It is a very interesting issue in Bunbury and it is one that is brought into sharp focus by our move to raise the school leaving age from 15 to 17 years and the need to accommodate the students who are not currently involved in education but will be. I today released for public comment a proposal to build a senior secondary school for year 11 and 12 students on the Bunbury TAFEWA campus. I thank the member for Bunbury for the role he has played in this issue in his electorate; he has been very constructive. He has brought together all the issues and arguments and has laid out the options very clearly for people in education and the local community. This year 11 and 12 facility on the TAFE campus is strongly supported by the broad community in the region. It is very interesting. After a comment from the member for Mitchell about the desirability, in his eyes, of building a senior school for year 11 and 12 students at the current Eaton middle school, I went to Eaton and spoke to the principal, staff, P&C and school council. Those people unanimously supported the Government’s option. They did not support developing a year 11 and 12 campus on the Eaton site, contrary to the assertion of the member for Mitchell. That is interesting to me. Under our proposal, a senior college open to all year 11 and 12 students in the region will be built on the TAFE campus. No changes will be made to other local high schools. It is a very good plan. It has been developed to alleviate the population pressure on existing high schools and to try to accommodate students who are not currently engaged in education in the area. Several hundred people fit into that category. The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
This year 11 and 12 facility on the TAFE campus is strongly supported by the broad community in the region. It is very interesting. After a comment from the member for Mitchell about the desirability, in his eyes, of building a senior school for year 11 and 12 students at the current Eaton middle school, I went to Eaton and spoke to the principal, staff, P&C and school council. Those people unanimously supported the Government’s option. They did not support developing a year 11 and 12 campus on the Eaton site, contrary to the assertion of the member for Mitchell. That is interesting to me. Under our proposal, a senior college open to all year 11 and 12 students in the region will be built on the TAFE campus. No changes will be made to other local high schools. It is a very good plan. It has been developed to alleviate the population pressure on existing high schools and to try to accommodate students who are not currently engaged in education in the area. Several hundred people fit into that category. The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Under our proposal, a senior college open to all year 11 and 12 students in the region will be built on the TAFE campus. No changes will be made to other local high schools. It is a very good plan. It has been developed to alleviate the population pressure on existing high schools and to try to accommodate students who are not currently engaged in education in the area. Several hundred people fit into that category. The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
The local area education planning process was initiated by the Department of Education and Training to look at the best options for the future - not the best political options but the best options in education and training and in the best interests of the broader community. The option links directly with our strategy of raising the school leaving age; provides accessible education and training opportunities and integrated learning pathways, including apprenticeships and traineeships; and provides flexible learning opportunities and access to multiple pathways through TAFE and university. It is the best option. As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
As well as asserting that the alternative Government will build a senior campus on the current Eaton site for year 11 and 12 students, the member for Mitchell has in recent days put out a press release saying that the Opposition will build a high school at Dalyellup. I invite the member for Mitchell or the shadow Minister for Education and Training to tell us the Opposition’s plan for education in Bunbury. Would it build a year 11 and 12 campus on the TAFE site, as we are proposing to do? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are asking the community what options it prefers. You are forcing one upon it. That is the difference. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The Opposition has already put out a press release stating that it would build a school at Dalyellup. The member for Mitchell has said in this Chamber that there should be a years 11 and 12 facility at Eaton. Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: You promised that. You promised a years 11 and 12 facility during the election campaign and you are not delivering it. The vast majority of the community know that. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: What was that? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: The vast majority of the community in Eaton want a years 11 and 12 school locally. You and the Premier promised that during the election campaign. You and the Premier have broken that promise. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: Is the member for Mitchell or the member for Darling Range, the quiet spokesperson for education, saying that the Opposition would build the years 11 and 12 facility that we are proposing? Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr D.F. Barron-Sullivan: We are listening to the community; you are forcing it. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The member for Bunbury is straightforward and honest, and pursues issues in the best interests of the community. He does not get involved in the pathetic political games that are occurring in that area. The member for Mitchell’s reputation is well and truly cemented in that community. One hears the same response every time his name is mentioned. In contrast, the member for Bunbury is held up as a person who is working hard in the best interests of his community. I thank the member for Bunbury.
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