❓ Mr. Day questions the Minister about the state of Albany Residential College. The Minister deflects, blaming the previous government for the issues and outlining future budget allocations for redevelopment.
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I refer the minister to the ageing and cramped facilities at the Albany Residential College, which houses 111 secondary school students from around the great southern region, and Labor’s decision to scale down and delay the facility for redevelopment. (1) Is the minister aware that the college has no facilities for children with disabilities and that students, both male and female, are forced to use curtains for walls, as well as transportable bathrooms? (2) Will the minister admit that the deplorable state of existing facilities and the limited availability of the accommodation is forcing parents to send their children to Perth schools, away from their families and homes? (3) Will the minister now commit to the immediate and full redevelopment of the hostel? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
(1) Is the minister aware that the college has no facilities for children with disabilities and that students, both male and female, are forced to use curtains for walls, as well as transportable bathrooms? (2) Will the minister admit that the deplorable state of existing facilities and the limited availability of the accommodation is forcing parents to send their children to Perth schools, away from their families and homes? (3) Will the minister now commit to the immediate and full redevelopment of the hostel? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
(2) Will the minister admit that the deplorable state of existing facilities and the limited availability of the accommodation is forcing parents to send their children to Perth schools, away from their families and homes? (3) Will the minister now commit to the immediate and full redevelopment of the hostel? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
(3) Will the minister now commit to the immediate and full redevelopment of the hostel? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
(1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
(1) Is the minister aware that the college has no facilities for children with disabilities and that students, both male and female, are forced to use curtains for walls, as well as transportable bathrooms? (2) Will the minister admit that the deplorable state of existing facilities and the limited availability of the accommodation is forcing parents to send their children to Perth schools, away from their families and homes? (3) Will the minister now commit to the immediate and full redevelopment of the hostel? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
(2) Will the minister admit that the deplorable state of existing facilities and the limited availability of the accommodation is forcing parents to send their children to Perth schools, away from their families and homes? (3) Will the minister now commit to the immediate and full redevelopment of the hostel? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
(3) Will the minister now commit to the immediate and full redevelopment of the hostel? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. (1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
(1)-(3) Let me preface my remarks by saying that the member for Darling Range is a very good member of Parliament. He has a very good and sound interest in education, and I appreciate his involvement and interest in education. However, on this occasion I am amazed that the member for Darling Range would have the audacity and the hide to bring this issue to the Parliament in front of the people of Albany. I want to make one point clear about this issue. A couple of things happened to that hostel that severely affected the children who go there. One is that the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. It was a government high school hostel, and the previous Government allowed access to non-government students. That effectively put huge pressure on the capacity of the hostel, to the point that it is overcrowded. In the meantime, of course, as we all know, those opposite were in government for eight years. Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Mr J.H.D. Day: It would have been done by now if we were still in government. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: It would have been done? They put in place that change, and did absolutely nothing about it. All they did was blow hard about what might happen. They did nothing. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: On every measurable criterion, the Leader of the Opposition was a failure as Minister for Education. The Leader of the Opposition knows that, and it riles him. He hates the fact that on every measurable criterion, he was a failure. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: No money was allocated to that hostel by the previous Government - none. People need to understand that Governments project their budgets forward four years at a time. The former Government put nothing in. It had no intention of ever doing anything. We now have in the budget funds for a complete refurbishment or rebuild of that hostel. It is a very big investment in that hostel. The first $500 000 of planning money is in the 2005-06 budget. In the next budget after that, the hostel will be built. It is very interesting to try to get through any sense of budgeting with the mob opposite. There is a wide misconception in the community that the Liberal Party people are the people of business. They are not. If they were, they would not be here. They are failures. The previous minister, who aspires to be the next Premier and Treasurer, blew his budget by $300 million in three to four years. He was the worst manager of an education budget this State has ever seen. He was unbelievable. Let us ask the people of Western Australia, for all that, what did they get. This project is in the forward estimates, and it will be delivered.
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