❓ Opposition questions the Premier regarding the independence of the Curriculum Council and potential government interference in outcomes-based education (OBE). The Premier dismisses the concerns as ridiculous and defends the government's engagement with the Council.
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CURRICULUM COUNCIL - INDEPENDENCE
(1) Is the Premier aware that to protect the independence of the Curriculum Council, section 18 of the Curriculum Council Act requires the responsible minister to give written notice of any direction to the council with regard to the performance of its functions? (2) Has the minister issued any written directions to the Curriculum Council regarding the implementation of outcomes-based education, and if so, will the Premier table these directions as soon as possible? (3) Will the Premier concede that his public comments on possible changes to the implementation of OBE may have compromised the independence of the Curriculum Council; and if not, why not? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
(1) Is the Premier aware that to protect the independence of the Curriculum Council, section 18 of the Curriculum Council Act requires the responsible minister to give written notice of any direction to the council with regard to the performance of its functions? (2) Has the minister issued any written directions to the Curriculum Council regarding the implementation of outcomes-based education, and if so, will the Premier table these directions as soon as possible? (3) Will the Premier concede that his public comments on possible changes to the implementation of OBE may have compromised the independence of the Curriculum Council; and if not, why not? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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(1)-(3) How ridiculous! What a stupid, stupid assertion. This is where we are, and I indicate how stupid this assertion is. People have raised these issues with the government and said that we should address these issues. So the government has quite rightly taken on those expressions of concern and set about addressing them, and now, all of a sudden, the assertion is that we should not have done that because, for a range of reasons, the government would be in breach of process, and the government must not in any way engage the Curriculum Council directly. What a ridiculous, stupid assertion. For God’s sake, man; really! This is where we are at. We have had meetings - I think one is going on right now - at which the Curriculum Council was present because we have issues we want resolved. As far as I am aware, there has been no written direction. It may have happened; I am not aware of any such occurrence. However, in the meetings I have been involved in with the Curriculum Council, we certainly have had dialogue to try to resolve some of the issues to find a pathway through the concerns raised. Yet now we have one of those classic circumstances in which a person is heading in one direction and a dog is running alongside barking and snarling: the person should turn to the right, and the person turns to the right. The dog runs along and barks again: the person should not have come here, as he must go to the left. It is just pathetic.
(2) Has the minister issued any written directions to the Curriculum Council regarding the implementation of outcomes-based education, and if so, will the Premier table these directions as soon as possible? (3) Will the Premier concede that his public comments on possible changes to the implementation of OBE may have compromised the independence of the Curriculum Council; and if not, why not? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) How ridiculous! What a stupid, stupid assertion. This is where we are, and I indicate how stupid this assertion is. People have raised these issues with the government and said that we should address these issues. So the government has quite rightly taken on those expressions of concern and set about addressing them, and now, all of a sudden, the assertion is that we should not have done that because, for a range of reasons, the government would be in breach of process, and the government must not in any way engage the Curriculum Council directly. What a ridiculous, stupid assertion. For God’s sake, man; really! This is where we are at. We have had meetings - I think one is going on right now - at which the Curriculum Council was present because we have issues we want resolved. As far as I am aware, there has been no written direction. It may have happened; I am not aware of any such occurrence. However, in the meetings I have been involved in with the Curriculum Council, we certainly have had dialogue to try to resolve some of the issues to find a pathway through the concerns raised. Yet now we have one of those classic circumstances in which a person is heading in one direction and a dog is running alongside barking and snarling: the person should turn to the right, and the person turns to the right. The dog runs along and barks again: the person should not have come here, as he must go to the left. It is just pathetic.
(3) Will the Premier concede that his public comments on possible changes to the implementation of OBE may have compromised the independence of the Curriculum Council; and if not, why not? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) How ridiculous! What a stupid, stupid assertion. This is where we are, and I indicate how stupid this assertion is. People have raised these issues with the government and said that we should address these issues. So the government has quite rightly taken on those expressions of concern and set about addressing them, and now, all of a sudden, the assertion is that we should not have done that because, for a range of reasons, the government would be in breach of process, and the government must not in any way engage the Curriculum Council directly. What a ridiculous, stupid assertion. For God’s sake, man; really! This is where we are at. We have had meetings - I think one is going on right now - at which the Curriculum Council was present because we have issues we want resolved. As far as I am aware, there has been no written direction. It may have happened; I am not aware of any such occurrence. However, in the meetings I have been involved in with the Curriculum Council, we certainly have had dialogue to try to resolve some of the issues to find a pathway through the concerns raised. Yet now we have one of those classic circumstances in which a person is heading in one direction and a dog is running alongside barking and snarling: the person should turn to the right, and the person turns to the right. The dog runs along and barks again: the person should not have come here, as he must go to the left. It is just pathetic.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) How ridiculous! What a stupid, stupid assertion. This is where we are, and I indicate how stupid this assertion is. People have raised these issues with the government and said that we should address these issues. So the government has quite rightly taken on those expressions of concern and set about addressing them, and now, all of a sudden, the assertion is that we should not have done that because, for a range of reasons, the government would be in breach of process, and the government must not in any way engage the Curriculum Council directly. What a ridiculous, stupid assertion. For God’s sake, man; really! This is where we are at. We have had meetings - I think one is going on right now - at which the Curriculum Council was present because we have issues we want resolved. As far as I am aware, there has been no written direction. It may have happened; I am not aware of any such occurrence. However, in the meetings I have been involved in with the Curriculum Council, we certainly have had dialogue to try to resolve some of the issues to find a pathway through the concerns raised. Yet now we have one of those classic circumstances in which a person is heading in one direction and a dog is running alongside barking and snarling: the person should turn to the right, and the person turns to the right. The dog runs along and barks again: the person should not have come here, as he must go to the left. It is just pathetic.
(1)-(3) How ridiculous! What a stupid, stupid assertion. This is where we are, and I indicate how stupid this assertion is. People have raised these issues with the government and said that we should address these issues. So the government has quite rightly taken on those expressions of concern and set about addressing them, and now, all of a sudden, the assertion is that we should not have done that because, for a range of reasons, the government would be in breach of process, and the government must not in any way engage the Curriculum Council directly. What a ridiculous, stupid assertion. For God’s sake, man; really! This is where we are at. We have had meetings - I think one is going on right now - at which the Curriculum Council was present because we have issues we want resolved. As far as I am aware, there has been no written direction. It may have happened; I am not aware of any such occurrence. However, in the meetings I have been involved in with the Curriculum Council, we certainly have had dialogue to try to resolve some of the issues to find a pathway through the concerns raised. Yet now we have one of those classic circumstances in which a person is heading in one direction and a dog is running alongside barking and snarling: the person should turn to the right, and the person turns to the right. The dog runs along and barks again: the person should not have come here, as he must go to the left. It is just pathetic.
(2) Has the minister issued any written directions to the Curriculum Council regarding the implementation of outcomes-based education, and if so, will the Premier table these directions as soon as possible? (3) Will the Premier concede that his public comments on possible changes to the implementation of OBE may have compromised the independence of the Curriculum Council; and if not, why not? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) How ridiculous! What a stupid, stupid assertion. This is where we are, and I indicate how stupid this assertion is. People have raised these issues with the government and said that we should address these issues. So the government has quite rightly taken on those expressions of concern and set about addressing them, and now, all of a sudden, the assertion is that we should not have done that because, for a range of reasons, the government would be in breach of process, and the government must not in any way engage the Curriculum Council directly. What a ridiculous, stupid assertion. For God’s sake, man; really! This is where we are at. We have had meetings - I think one is going on right now - at which the Curriculum Council was present because we have issues we want resolved. As far as I am aware, there has been no written direction. It may have happened; I am not aware of any such occurrence. However, in the meetings I have been involved in with the Curriculum Council, we certainly have had dialogue to try to resolve some of the issues to find a pathway through the concerns raised. Yet now we have one of those classic circumstances in which a person is heading in one direction and a dog is running alongside barking and snarling: the person should turn to the right, and the person turns to the right. The dog runs along and barks again: the person should not have come here, as he must go to the left. It is just pathetic.
(3) Will the Premier concede that his public comments on possible changes to the implementation of OBE may have compromised the independence of the Curriculum Council; and if not, why not? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) How ridiculous! What a stupid, stupid assertion. This is where we are, and I indicate how stupid this assertion is. People have raised these issues with the government and said that we should address these issues. So the government has quite rightly taken on those expressions of concern and set about addressing them, and now, all of a sudden, the assertion is that we should not have done that because, for a range of reasons, the government would be in breach of process, and the government must not in any way engage the Curriculum Council directly. What a ridiculous, stupid assertion. For God’s sake, man; really! This is where we are at. We have had meetings - I think one is going on right now - at which the Curriculum Council was present because we have issues we want resolved. As far as I am aware, there has been no written direction. It may have happened; I am not aware of any such occurrence. However, in the meetings I have been involved in with the Curriculum Council, we certainly have had dialogue to try to resolve some of the issues to find a pathway through the concerns raised. Yet now we have one of those classic circumstances in which a person is heading in one direction and a dog is running alongside barking and snarling: the person should turn to the right, and the person turns to the right. The dog runs along and barks again: the person should not have come here, as he must go to the left. It is just pathetic.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(3) How ridiculous! What a stupid, stupid assertion. This is where we are, and I indicate how stupid this assertion is. People have raised these issues with the government and said that we should address these issues. So the government has quite rightly taken on those expressions of concern and set about addressing them, and now, all of a sudden, the assertion is that we should not have done that because, for a range of reasons, the government would be in breach of process, and the government must not in any way engage the Curriculum Council directly. What a ridiculous, stupid assertion. For God’s sake, man; really! This is where we are at. We have had meetings - I think one is going on right now - at which the Curriculum Council was present because we have issues we want resolved. As far as I am aware, there has been no written direction. It may have happened; I am not aware of any such occurrence. However, in the meetings I have been involved in with the Curriculum Council, we certainly have had dialogue to try to resolve some of the issues to find a pathway through the concerns raised. Yet now we have one of those classic circumstances in which a person is heading in one direction and a dog is running alongside barking and snarling: the person should turn to the right, and the person turns to the right. The dog runs along and barks again: the person should not have come here, as he must go to the left. It is just pathetic.
(1)-(3) How ridiculous! What a stupid, stupid assertion. This is where we are, and I indicate how stupid this assertion is. People have raised these issues with the government and said that we should address these issues. So the government has quite rightly taken on those expressions of concern and set about addressing them, and now, all of a sudden, the assertion is that we should not have done that because, for a range of reasons, the government would be in breach of process, and the government must not in any way engage the Curriculum Council directly. What a ridiculous, stupid assertion. For God’s sake, man; really! This is where we are at. We have had meetings - I think one is going on right now - at which the Curriculum Council was present because we have issues we want resolved. As far as I am aware, there has been no written direction. It may have happened; I am not aware of any such occurrence. However, in the meetings I have been involved in with the Curriculum Council, we certainly have had dialogue to try to resolve some of the issues to find a pathway through the concerns raised. Yet now we have one of those classic circumstances in which a person is heading in one direction and a dog is running alongside barking and snarling: the person should turn to the right, and the person turns to the right. The dog runs along and barks again: the person should not have come here, as he must go to the left. It is just pathetic.
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