❓ A parliamentary question regarding the Minister's involvement in a proposed boarding school in Halls Creek to support at-risk children and rehabilitate parents. The Minister acknowledges the issues and announces a planned visit.
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HALLS CREEK - PROPOSED HOSTEL
I refer to the article on page 9 of today’s The West Australian titled “State in secret talks on Halls Creek hostel plan”. (1) What involvement has the minister had in talks concerning the proposed boarding school arrangements? (2) Will the minister provide information on what the Department of Education and Training’s role will be, given that the proposal is for a boarding school to provide a safe place for children who are considered at risk from parents and to accommodate them while the parents are being rehabilitated, detoxified and put through a parenting program? (3) Has the minister visited Halls Creek in the past few months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
I refer to the article on page 9 of today’s The West Australian titled “State in secret talks on Halls Creek hostel plan”. (1) What involvement has the minister had in talks concerning the proposed boarding school arrangements? (2) Will the minister provide information on what the Department of Education and Training’s role will be, given that the proposal is for a boarding school to provide a safe place for children who are considered at risk from parents and to accommodate them while the parents are being rehabilitated, detoxified and put through a parenting program? (3) Has the minister visited Halls Creek in the past few months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
(1) What involvement has the minister had in talks concerning the proposed boarding school arrangements? (2) Will the minister provide information on what the Department of Education and Training’s role will be, given that the proposal is for a boarding school to provide a safe place for children who are considered at risk from parents and to accommodate them while the parents are being rehabilitated, detoxified and put through a parenting program? (3) Has the minister visited Halls Creek in the past few months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
(2) Will the minister provide information on what the Department of Education and Training’s role will be, given that the proposal is for a boarding school to provide a safe place for children who are considered at risk from parents and to accommodate them while the parents are being rehabilitated, detoxified and put through a parenting program? (3) Has the minister visited Halls Creek in the past few months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
(3) Has the minister visited Halls Creek in the past few months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
(1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
(1) What involvement has the minister had in talks concerning the proposed boarding school arrangements? (2) Will the minister provide information on what the Department of Education and Training’s role will be, given that the proposal is for a boarding school to provide a safe place for children who are considered at risk from parents and to accommodate them while the parents are being rehabilitated, detoxified and put through a parenting program? (3) Has the minister visited Halls Creek in the past few months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
(2) Will the minister provide information on what the Department of Education and Training’s role will be, given that the proposal is for a boarding school to provide a safe place for children who are considered at risk from parents and to accommodate them while the parents are being rehabilitated, detoxified and put through a parenting program? (3) Has the minister visited Halls Creek in the past few months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
(3) Has the minister visited Halls Creek in the past few months? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
(1)-(3) Halls Creek is a community that has some significant social problems. There is a school in Halls Creek and there is no doubt that schools basically reflect the community that the student population is drawn from. There is no doubt that there would also be other issues affecting Halls Creek. As the member may be aware, another issue has arisen concerning the Wiluna Remote Community School, which has become public today. I suspect that the situation in Wiluna is not too dissimilar from Halls Creek. In fact, when I started working as a teacher in the education department in 1980 - Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon Robyn McSweeney interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Hang on. The member asked me a question. Please give me the courtesy. Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon Robyn McSweeney : I will. Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon Kim Chance : It is a strange concept for them; they do not understand courtesy. They are a rabble. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : They do not understand work either; I am surprised that they got three questions up today. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! The Minister for Education and Training has been asked a question and she is seeking to answer it. If she wishes to do so, she may do so. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : I am happy to do so. The point I was going to make is that 20-odd years ago, when I became a teacher, I taught in indigenous education. I taught students from Cundeelee, Warburton and Sandstone at Norseman District High School. As there were significant problems in indigenous education back then, there are still significant problems concerning indigenous education now. Approximately 7.5 per cent of our public school population is indigenous. The member would be aware that a lot of those students sit in the tail end of achievement through a normal distribution curve. I am particularly concerned about that, and that is why I have called for an inquiry into literacy and numeracy. My objective is to move those students from the tail end towards the middle, where they will achieve the same as non-indigenous students. I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
I have not had the opportunity to visit the school. However, I will tell the member what I have done. I have instructed my office to arrange for me to visit both schools next week. I have been granted a pair by the Whip to do so. I have booked the government jet. My office is in consultation with the local government authorities in both communities. I will sit down in Wiluna to address a number of issues, particularly concerning the possible relocation of the school, and to look at the issue of alternative land sites. In Halls Creek I will sit with representatives from the school community and, once again, from the local government authority to see a way through with some of the challenges that they face.
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