❓ The Minister for Education announced the creation of a Teacher of the Year award for WA government schools, including details of the prize money and recognition for primary, secondary and TAFE teachers.
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Will the minister please provide further details of the Teacher of the Year award that he announced yesterday? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Swan Hills for her question and for her continued interest in education in her electorate. Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining the Premier at Lathlain Primary School to announce the creation of a teacher of the year award for Western Australian government schools. It is a very significant development and initiative that underlines the value that we place on the effort that teachers make in our schools, and on the value that they provide to young people in our community. I have said on many occasions in this Parliament that education is the most important thing in which State Governments are involved. The provision of knowledge to and the acquisition of skills by young people in the community provide those young people with lifetime opportunities to which they might not otherwise have had access. In recognition of the great efforts and the innovative experiences that teachers bring to the classrooms in Western Australia, I thought it appropriate that we establish an award for teachers in Western Australia. We will have a teacher of the year award worth $25 000. There will be a short list of teachers and an award and certificate presented by the Premier. Mr R.F. Johnson: You said all this on radio last night. The SPEAKER: Member! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Swan Hills for her question and for her continued interest in education in her electorate. Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining the Premier at Lathlain Primary School to announce the creation of a teacher of the year award for Western Australian government schools. It is a very significant development and initiative that underlines the value that we place on the effort that teachers make in our schools, and on the value that they provide to young people in our community. I have said on many occasions in this Parliament that education is the most important thing in which State Governments are involved. The provision of knowledge to and the acquisition of skills by young people in the community provide those young people with lifetime opportunities to which they might not otherwise have had access. In recognition of the great efforts and the innovative experiences that teachers bring to the classrooms in Western Australia, I thought it appropriate that we establish an award for teachers in Western Australia. We will have a teacher of the year award worth $25 000. There will be a short list of teachers and an award and certificate presented by the Premier. Mr R.F. Johnson: You said all this on radio last night. The SPEAKER: Member! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
I thank the member for Swan Hills for her question and for her continued interest in education in her electorate. Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining the Premier at Lathlain Primary School to announce the creation of a teacher of the year award for Western Australian government schools. It is a very significant development and initiative that underlines the value that we place on the effort that teachers make in our schools, and on the value that they provide to young people in our community. I have said on many occasions in this Parliament that education is the most important thing in which State Governments are involved. The provision of knowledge to and the acquisition of skills by young people in the community provide those young people with lifetime opportunities to which they might not otherwise have had access. In recognition of the great efforts and the innovative experiences that teachers bring to the classrooms in Western Australia, I thought it appropriate that we establish an award for teachers in Western Australia. We will have a teacher of the year award worth $25 000. There will be a short list of teachers and an award and certificate presented by the Premier. Mr R.F. Johnson: You said all this on radio last night. The SPEAKER: Member! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr R.F. Johnson: You said all this on radio last night. The SPEAKER: Member! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
The SPEAKER: Member! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Swan Hills for her question and for her continued interest in education in her electorate. Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining the Premier at Lathlain Primary School to announce the creation of a teacher of the year award for Western Australian government schools. It is a very significant development and initiative that underlines the value that we place on the effort that teachers make in our schools, and on the value that they provide to young people in our community. I have said on many occasions in this Parliament that education is the most important thing in which State Governments are involved. The provision of knowledge to and the acquisition of skills by young people in the community provide those young people with lifetime opportunities to which they might not otherwise have had access. In recognition of the great efforts and the innovative experiences that teachers bring to the classrooms in Western Australia, I thought it appropriate that we establish an award for teachers in Western Australia. We will have a teacher of the year award worth $25 000. There will be a short list of teachers and an award and certificate presented by the Premier. Mr R.F. Johnson: You said all this on radio last night. The SPEAKER: Member! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
I thank the member for Swan Hills for her question and for her continued interest in education in her electorate. Yesterday I had the pleasure of joining the Premier at Lathlain Primary School to announce the creation of a teacher of the year award for Western Australian government schools. It is a very significant development and initiative that underlines the value that we place on the effort that teachers make in our schools, and on the value that they provide to young people in our community. I have said on many occasions in this Parliament that education is the most important thing in which State Governments are involved. The provision of knowledge to and the acquisition of skills by young people in the community provide those young people with lifetime opportunities to which they might not otherwise have had access. In recognition of the great efforts and the innovative experiences that teachers bring to the classrooms in Western Australia, I thought it appropriate that we establish an award for teachers in Western Australia. We will have a teacher of the year award worth $25 000. There will be a short list of teachers and an award and certificate presented by the Premier. Mr R.F. Johnson: You said all this on radio last night. The SPEAKER: Member! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr R.F. Johnson: You said all this on radio last night. The SPEAKER: Member! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
The SPEAKER: Member! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The teacher will receive a certificate and medal. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
The SPEAKER: Members! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: I love getting interjections from that lot. Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr C.J. Barnett interjected. The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
The SPEAKER: Leader of the Opposition! Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: There is an activity called necromancy, which is the ability of people to be able to communicate with the dead. I am involved in it right now. I have the political dead sitting on my right. They meet in the necropolis, otherwise known as the Liberal Party room. The living dead of Western Australian politics meet in the necropolis and then find their way, like the creatures from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, down into the Chamber. When sitting in the Chamber, they bark and screech their strange message. Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Every term, a primary schoolteacher, a secondary schoolteacher and a TAFE teacher will win the prize for their particular section. Each will receive a $1 000 reward. At the end of the year the 12 winners will be eligible for the teacher of the year award, which will become recognised in time as a very significant contribution to education in this State. Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Several members interjected. Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER: The harpies sit in their trees, screeching their strange lament. If only Dante had lived post Pam Ayres, he could have said that in a Pam Ayres kind of accent. This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
This is a very worthwhile award. I look forward to all members of Parliament urging teachers and schools in their electorates to become involved in the process. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
The SPEAKER: I call to order the members for Kalgoorlie and Nedlands. That is the end of question time.
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