❓ Dr Edwards asks about new schools and their role in the capital works plan. Minister McGowan responds by listing the 11 new schools opened, highlighting the government's investment and comparing it favourably to the previous government's.
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SCHOOLS — CAPITALS WORKS PROGRAM 17. Dr J.M. EDWARDS to the Minister for Education and Training: At the start of the 2008 school year, a number of schools opened for the first time. How do these new schools fit into the overall capital works plan for giving Western Australian students state-of-the-art facilities in which to learn? Mr M. McGOWAN
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I thank the member for Maylands for the question. At the start of the school year we opened 11 new schools around Western Australia, in the city and in the country. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. I will refer to the schools that opened their doors at the start of the school year: Bletchley Park Primary School in the Southern River electorate; Ellen Stirling Primary School in Ellenbrook; Hocking Primary School; South Halls Head Primary School in the member for Dawesville’s electorate; Waikiki Primary School; Bullsbrook District High School; Cape Naturaliste College in the Leader of the Opposition’s electorate; Gilmore College in Kwinana; Wiluna Remote Community School; Atwell College; and Mount Barker Senior High School in the member for Stirling’s electorate. That totals 11 new schools as part of a $1.41 billion capital works program that the state government is running. That is three times the amount of money being spent on capital works compared with the capital works program of the last Liberal-National Party government. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
SCHOOLS — CAPITALS WORKS PROGRAM
At the start of the 2008 school year, a number of schools opened for the first time. How do these new schools fit into the overall capital works plan for giving Western Australian students state-of-the-art facilities in which to learn? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Maylands for the question. At the start of the school year we opened 11 new schools around Western Australia, in the city and in the country. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. I will refer to the schools that opened their doors at the start of the school year: Bletchley Park Primary School in the Southern River electorate; Ellen Stirling Primary School in Ellenbrook; Hocking Primary School; South Halls Head Primary School in the member for Dawesville’s electorate; Waikiki Primary School; Bullsbrook District High School; Cape Naturaliste College in the Leader of the Opposition’s electorate; Gilmore College in Kwinana; Wiluna Remote Community School; Atwell College; and Mount Barker Senior High School in the member for Stirling’s electorate. That totals 11 new schools as part of a $1.41 billion capital works program that the state government is running. That is three times the amount of money being spent on capital works compared with the capital works program of the last Liberal-National Party government. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Maylands for the question. At the start of the school year we opened 11 new schools around Western Australia, in the city and in the country. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. I will refer to the schools that opened their doors at the start of the school year: Bletchley Park Primary School in the Southern River electorate; Ellen Stirling Primary School in Ellenbrook; Hocking Primary School; South Halls Head Primary School in the member for Dawesville’s electorate; Waikiki Primary School; Bullsbrook District High School; Cape Naturaliste College in the Leader of the Opposition’s electorate; Gilmore College in Kwinana; Wiluna Remote Community School; Atwell College; and Mount Barker Senior High School in the member for Stirling’s electorate. That totals 11 new schools as part of a $1.41 billion capital works program that the state government is running. That is three times the amount of money being spent on capital works compared with the capital works program of the last Liberal-National Party government. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
I thank the member for Maylands for the question. At the start of the school year we opened 11 new schools around Western Australia, in the city and in the country. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. I will refer to the schools that opened their doors at the start of the school year: Bletchley Park Primary School in the Southern River electorate; Ellen Stirling Primary School in Ellenbrook; Hocking Primary School; South Halls Head Primary School in the member for Dawesville’s electorate; Waikiki Primary School; Bullsbrook District High School; Cape Naturaliste College in the Leader of the Opposition’s electorate; Gilmore College in Kwinana; Wiluna Remote Community School; Atwell College; and Mount Barker Senior High School in the member for Stirling’s electorate. That totals 11 new schools as part of a $1.41 billion capital works program that the state government is running. That is three times the amount of money being spent on capital works compared with the capital works program of the last Liberal-National Party government. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
At the start of the school year we opened 11 new schools around Western Australia, in the city and in the country. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. I will refer to the schools that opened their doors at the start of the school year: Bletchley Park Primary School in the Southern River electorate; Ellen Stirling Primary School in Ellenbrook; Hocking Primary School; South Halls Head Primary School in the member for Dawesville’s electorate; Waikiki Primary School; Bullsbrook District High School; Cape Naturaliste College in the Leader of the Opposition’s electorate; Gilmore College in Kwinana; Wiluna Remote Community School; Atwell College; and Mount Barker Senior High School in the member for Stirling’s electorate. That totals 11 new schools as part of a $1.41 billion capital works program that the state government is running. That is three times the amount of money being spent on capital works compared with the capital works program of the last Liberal-National Party government. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
SCHOOLS — CAPITALS WORKS PROGRAM
At the start of the 2008 school year, a number of schools opened for the first time. How do these new schools fit into the overall capital works plan for giving Western Australian students state-of-the-art facilities in which to learn? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Maylands for the question. At the start of the school year we opened 11 new schools around Western Australia, in the city and in the country. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. I will refer to the schools that opened their doors at the start of the school year: Bletchley Park Primary School in the Southern River electorate; Ellen Stirling Primary School in Ellenbrook; Hocking Primary School; South Halls Head Primary School in the member for Dawesville’s electorate; Waikiki Primary School; Bullsbrook District High School; Cape Naturaliste College in the Leader of the Opposition’s electorate; Gilmore College in Kwinana; Wiluna Remote Community School; Atwell College; and Mount Barker Senior High School in the member for Stirling’s electorate. That totals 11 new schools as part of a $1.41 billion capital works program that the state government is running. That is three times the amount of money being spent on capital works compared with the capital works program of the last Liberal-National Party government. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Maylands for the question. At the start of the school year we opened 11 new schools around Western Australia, in the city and in the country. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. I will refer to the schools that opened their doors at the start of the school year: Bletchley Park Primary School in the Southern River electorate; Ellen Stirling Primary School in Ellenbrook; Hocking Primary School; South Halls Head Primary School in the member for Dawesville’s electorate; Waikiki Primary School; Bullsbrook District High School; Cape Naturaliste College in the Leader of the Opposition’s electorate; Gilmore College in Kwinana; Wiluna Remote Community School; Atwell College; and Mount Barker Senior High School in the member for Stirling’s electorate. That totals 11 new schools as part of a $1.41 billion capital works program that the state government is running. That is three times the amount of money being spent on capital works compared with the capital works program of the last Liberal-National Party government. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
I thank the member for Maylands for the question. At the start of the school year we opened 11 new schools around Western Australia, in the city and in the country. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. I will refer to the schools that opened their doors at the start of the school year: Bletchley Park Primary School in the Southern River electorate; Ellen Stirling Primary School in Ellenbrook; Hocking Primary School; South Halls Head Primary School in the member for Dawesville’s electorate; Waikiki Primary School; Bullsbrook District High School; Cape Naturaliste College in the Leader of the Opposition’s electorate; Gilmore College in Kwinana; Wiluna Remote Community School; Atwell College; and Mount Barker Senior High School in the member for Stirling’s electorate. That totals 11 new schools as part of a $1.41 billion capital works program that the state government is running. That is three times the amount of money being spent on capital works compared with the capital works program of the last Liberal-National Party government. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
At the start of the school year we opened 11 new schools around Western Australia, in the city and in the country. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. I will refer to the schools that opened their doors at the start of the school year: Bletchley Park Primary School in the Southern River electorate; Ellen Stirling Primary School in Ellenbrook; Hocking Primary School; South Halls Head Primary School in the member for Dawesville’s electorate; Waikiki Primary School; Bullsbrook District High School; Cape Naturaliste College in the Leader of the Opposition’s electorate; Gilmore College in Kwinana; Wiluna Remote Community School; Atwell College; and Mount Barker Senior High School in the member for Stirling’s electorate. That totals 11 new schools as part of a $1.41 billion capital works program that the state government is running. That is three times the amount of money being spent on capital works compared with the capital works program of the last Liberal-National Party government. That is the most number of new schools since 1978. Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
Several members interjected. Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Members opposite complain about the government building new schools and improving schools around the state. However, by any measure, members who visit the new schools built by this state government will see that they are among the very best in the country and the very best in the world. Members should go and look at one. We have built one each in the electorates of the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Members should go and look at them and see that the very best technologies, the very best classrooms and among the very best teachers in the world are on offer there.
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