Question regarding the Minister's absence at a protest against the closure of Blackmore Primary School. The Minister's response deflects blame, accusing the Liberal Party of exploiting schoolchildren for political gain.

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19 September 2007
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BLACKMORE PRIMARY SCHOOL CLOSURE - PROTEST RALLY
Why was the minister too gutless to attend last week’s rally to protest the closure of Blackmore Primary School and send instead the member for Girrawheen? Mr M. McGOWAN

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There was a rally last week at Blackmore Primary School and the member for Girrawheen, as the local member, attended. Who called the rally? Who organised the rally? Listen to this: it was none other than a man by the name of Luke Simpkins, who is the Liberal Party candidate for Cowan. Guess what he did? This is what the Liberal Party does. He organised for the school kids of that school to be out there with signs and placards, involved in a political rally. Using school kids for a political rally is what the Liberal Party is all about.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: There was a rally last week at Blackmore Primary School and the member for Girrawheen, as the local member, attended. Who called the rally? Who organised the rally? Listen to this: it was none other than a man by the name of Luke Simpkins, who is the Liberal Party candidate for Cowan. Guess what he did? This is what the Liberal Party does. He organised for the school kids of that school to be out there with signs and placards, involved in a political rally. Using school kids for a political rally is what the Liberal Party is all about.
There was a rally last week at Blackmore Primary School and the member for Girrawheen, as the local member, attended. Who called the rally? Who organised the rally? Listen to this: it was none other than a man by the name of Luke Simpkins, who is the Liberal Party candidate for Cowan. Guess what he did? This is what the Liberal Party does. He organised for the school kids of that school to be out there with signs and placards, involved in a political rally. Using school kids for a political rally is what the Liberal Party is all about.

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