❓ Question regarding the necessity of a $2 million community awareness campaign for Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) implementation in WA, given claims of its smooth implementation and widespread support. Premier defends the campaign as necessary to inform parents amidst distorted debate.
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OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION - COMMUNITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
I refer to the $2 million allocated in the budget for a community awareness campaign to promote changes in the education and training portfolio, in particular the implementation of the outcomes-based approach to education in years 11 and 12. (1) Given the comments of both the Minister for Education and Training and the Premier that there are no problems with the impending courses of study and that their implementation has the support of 90 per cent of the teaching fraternity, why does the government consider it necessary to spend this amount of money in promoting OBE? (2) Exactly how much will be spent promoting OBE and what form will the advertising campaign take? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
I refer to the $2 million allocated in the budget for a community awareness campaign to promote changes in the education and training portfolio, in particular the implementation of the outcomes-based approach to education in years 11 and 12. (1) Given the comments of both the Minister for Education and Training and the Premier that there are no problems with the impending courses of study and that their implementation has the support of 90 per cent of the teaching fraternity, why does the government consider it necessary to spend this amount of money in promoting OBE? (2) Exactly how much will be spent promoting OBE and what form will the advertising campaign take? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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(1)-(2) I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. I understand that the $2 million is for a range of campaigns. I do not have the specific detail in relation to OBE. It is important that parents understand the ramifications and the detail not only of the changes to the courses of study but also of the increased school leaving age and the “It Pays to Learn” initiative that we put in place. It is eminently justifiable that we keep parents informed of the changes in our education system. We would be quite rightly criticised if we did not. I have no hesitation in supporting the Minister for Education and Training 100 per cent in her efforts to provide some clarity to the community, particularly to parents, on these very important issues. Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
(1) Given the comments of both the Minister for Education and Training and the Premier that there are no problems with the impending courses of study and that their implementation has the support of 90 per cent of the teaching fraternity, why does the government consider it necessary to spend this amount of money in promoting OBE? (2) Exactly how much will be spent promoting OBE and what form will the advertising campaign take? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. I understand that the $2 million is for a range of campaigns. I do not have the specific detail in relation to OBE. It is important that parents understand the ramifications and the detail not only of the changes to the courses of study but also of the increased school leaving age and the “It Pays to Learn” initiative that we put in place. It is eminently justifiable that we keep parents informed of the changes in our education system. We would be quite rightly criticised if we did not. I have no hesitation in supporting the Minister for Education and Training 100 per cent in her efforts to provide some clarity to the community, particularly to parents, on these very important issues. Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
(2) Exactly how much will be spent promoting OBE and what form will the advertising campaign take? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. I understand that the $2 million is for a range of campaigns. I do not have the specific detail in relation to OBE. It is important that parents understand the ramifications and the detail not only of the changes to the courses of study but also of the increased school leaving age and the “It Pays to Learn” initiative that we put in place. It is eminently justifiable that we keep parents informed of the changes in our education system. We would be quite rightly criticised if we did not. I have no hesitation in supporting the Minister for Education and Training 100 per cent in her efforts to provide some clarity to the community, particularly to parents, on these very important issues. Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. I understand that the $2 million is for a range of campaigns. I do not have the specific detail in relation to OBE. It is important that parents understand the ramifications and the detail not only of the changes to the courses of study but also of the increased school leaving age and the “It Pays to Learn” initiative that we put in place. It is eminently justifiable that we keep parents informed of the changes in our education system. We would be quite rightly criticised if we did not. I have no hesitation in supporting the Minister for Education and Training 100 per cent in her efforts to provide some clarity to the community, particularly to parents, on these very important issues. Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
(1)-(2) I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. I understand that the $2 million is for a range of campaigns. I do not have the specific detail in relation to OBE. It is important that parents understand the ramifications and the detail not only of the changes to the courses of study but also of the increased school leaving age and the “It Pays to Learn” initiative that we put in place. It is eminently justifiable that we keep parents informed of the changes in our education system. We would be quite rightly criticised if we did not. I have no hesitation in supporting the Minister for Education and Training 100 per cent in her efforts to provide some clarity to the community, particularly to parents, on these very important issues. Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
(1) Given the comments of both the Minister for Education and Training and the Premier that there are no problems with the impending courses of study and that their implementation has the support of 90 per cent of the teaching fraternity, why does the government consider it necessary to spend this amount of money in promoting OBE? (2) Exactly how much will be spent promoting OBE and what form will the advertising campaign take? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. I understand that the $2 million is for a range of campaigns. I do not have the specific detail in relation to OBE. It is important that parents understand the ramifications and the detail not only of the changes to the courses of study but also of the increased school leaving age and the “It Pays to Learn” initiative that we put in place. It is eminently justifiable that we keep parents informed of the changes in our education system. We would be quite rightly criticised if we did not. I have no hesitation in supporting the Minister for Education and Training 100 per cent in her efforts to provide some clarity to the community, particularly to parents, on these very important issues. Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
(2) Exactly how much will be spent promoting OBE and what form will the advertising campaign take? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. I understand that the $2 million is for a range of campaigns. I do not have the specific detail in relation to OBE. It is important that parents understand the ramifications and the detail not only of the changes to the courses of study but also of the increased school leaving age and the “It Pays to Learn” initiative that we put in place. It is eminently justifiable that we keep parents informed of the changes in our education system. We would be quite rightly criticised if we did not. I have no hesitation in supporting the Minister for Education and Training 100 per cent in her efforts to provide some clarity to the community, particularly to parents, on these very important issues. Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: (1)-(2) I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. I understand that the $2 million is for a range of campaigns. I do not have the specific detail in relation to OBE. It is important that parents understand the ramifications and the detail not only of the changes to the courses of study but also of the increased school leaving age and the “It Pays to Learn” initiative that we put in place. It is eminently justifiable that we keep parents informed of the changes in our education system. We would be quite rightly criticised if we did not. I have no hesitation in supporting the Minister for Education and Training 100 per cent in her efforts to provide some clarity to the community, particularly to parents, on these very important issues. Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
(1)-(2) I thank the member for Darling Range for the question. I understand that the $2 million is for a range of campaigns. I do not have the specific detail in relation to OBE. It is important that parents understand the ramifications and the detail not only of the changes to the courses of study but also of the increased school leaving age and the “It Pays to Learn” initiative that we put in place. It is eminently justifiable that we keep parents informed of the changes in our education system. We would be quite rightly criticised if we did not. I have no hesitation in supporting the Minister for Education and Training 100 per cent in her efforts to provide some clarity to the community, particularly to parents, on these very important issues. Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr J.H.D. Day : The issue’s really about the implementation of OBE and the major concerns that people have. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no absolutely no doubt that the debate on the outcomes-based education and the new courses of study has been distorted. Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr J.H.D. Day : By whom? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : By the opponents of the initiative. There is absolutely no doubt about it. I invite the member for Darling Range to visit the web site of People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes and look at some of the strange, offensive, even racist on occasions, deeply personal and insulting comments lodged on that web site and make his own judgments. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people - Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Not all the opponents are members of PLATO. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member is right - not all. We are in the midst of a struggle by a group of people who do not want this reform. It is in the long-term interests of the community and the students in our schools that we get this reform into place. We are the last state in Australia to embrace outcomes-based education in years 11 and 12. Other levels of education, including the primary and the early high school years, have embraced it successfully and it has been in place for some time now. We are at the last stage of resistance by people who, for a variety of reasons, do not want outcomes-based education. Therefore, it is important that we, as the government, which is responsible for the proper management of our education system, keep parents informed as best we can, and that is what we will do. Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : And shut up any teachers who disagree with you. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : That is not true and the member for Murdoch knows it. That assertion is ridiculous. The director general is an outstanding director general and head of that department. He has impeccable credentials and served at the highest level under the previous government as head of the Curriculum Council. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Cottesloe appointed him and applauded his appointment, as I recall. Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr C.J. Barnett : Not as director general. Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : There is no question about that man’s integrity and for it to be questioned in the way it has been is ridiculous. It is highly prejudicial and unfair to the individual concerned.
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