❓ Question concerns funding discrepancies for school upgrades promised by the Liberal Party during the election. The Minister's response initially avoids direct answers, focusing on the current government's achievements and commitments before eventually offering to table a list of commitments.
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SCHOOLS — FUNDING FOR UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE
Some notice has been given of the first part. (1) Will the minister provide a list of schools that were promised funding for upgrades and maintenance by the Liberal Party during the recent election campaign? (2) Can the minister explain why a Liberal Party election promise to provide $3 million to Coolbinia Primary School is deemed to be a commitment when a Liberal party election promise to provide Mt Lawley Primary School with $2 million is subject to budget consideration? (3) What is an election promise and what is a commitment promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE
Some notice has been given of the first part. (1) Will the minister provide a list of schools that were promised funding for upgrades and maintenance by the Liberal Party during the recent election campaign? (2) Can the minister explain why a Liberal Party election promise to provide $3 million to Coolbinia Primary School is deemed to be a commitment when a Liberal party election promise to provide Mt Lawley Primary School with $2 million is subject to budget consideration? (3) What is an election promise and what is a commitment promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
(1) Will the minister provide a list of schools that were promised funding for upgrades and maintenance by the Liberal Party during the recent election campaign? (2) Can the minister explain why a Liberal Party election promise to provide $3 million to Coolbinia Primary School is deemed to be a commitment when a Liberal party election promise to provide Mt Lawley Primary School with $2 million is subject to budget consideration? (3) What is an election promise and what is a commitment promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
(2) Can the minister explain why a Liberal Party election promise to provide $3 million to Coolbinia Primary School is deemed to be a commitment when a Liberal party election promise to provide Mt Lawley Primary School with $2 million is subject to budget consideration? (3) What is an election promise and what is a commitment promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
(3) What is an election promise and what is a commitment promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
(1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
[See paper 410.]
(1) Will the minister provide a list of schools that were promised funding for upgrades and maintenance by the Liberal Party during the recent election campaign? (2) Can the minister explain why a Liberal Party election promise to provide $3 million to Coolbinia Primary School is deemed to be a commitment when a Liberal party election promise to provide Mt Lawley Primary School with $2 million is subject to budget consideration? (3) What is an election promise and what is a commitment promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
(2) Can the minister explain why a Liberal Party election promise to provide $3 million to Coolbinia Primary School is deemed to be a commitment when a Liberal party election promise to provide Mt Lawley Primary School with $2 million is subject to budget consideration? (3) What is an election promise and what is a commitment promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
(3) What is an election promise and what is a commitment promise? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
(1)-(3) When I arrived in the chamber a short while ago, the Premier said to me, “Did you know it is day 50?” I began to think about what I had been doing over those 50 days. The first thing, of course, is the agreement with the schoolteachers. In the space of just over 40 days this government has in place an agreement with teachers that, by all accounts, has been well received—something the former government could not achieve. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE : That $120 million was an election commitment, and we have done that. A range of commitments were made. The second issue that I have been spending a lot of time on is behaviour management. Members opposite will know that most teachers in most schools tell us that behaviour management is a major issue. Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Mrs M.H. Roberts : I have not asked about that. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling the member about election commitments. I am getting to what the member wants. In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
In all my discussions with teachers, and especially with the union, behaviour management is the major issue they have raised with me. A major election commitment was to provide more school psychologists and school chaplains to deal with behaviour management issues. I have been putting together a package, which I will be taking to cabinet before too long, about this issue and the commitment on behaviour management. The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
The third area that I have focused on is that of capital works. In addition to the $347 million capital works program in the 2008-09 budget, this government, over the next six years, has committed another $300 million to build schools and another $50 million to upgrade existing schools. I have been going through that in an orderly and systematic fashion—as members would expect me to do—doing a detailed analysis of the priorities of those new schools and major works. I have visited schools and seen the issues firsthand. In fact, I visited Booragoon Primary School the other day and I spent some time in the preprimary centre, which reeks of the stench of the school’s sceptic tanks—a matter the member for Alfred Cove spent some time asking the former minister to do something about. Why should five-year-old children and their teachers arrive at school every day to the stench of the toilets because the sceptic tanks are not working? That is something that this government will fix; something that the former minister did not do! Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Mrs M.H. Roberts : But tell us what you are going to do. Are you going to tell us about Coolbinia or Mt Lawley? That is what you have been asked about. Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Mr E.S. Ripper : You were given notice of the question; are you going to provide the answer? The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
The SPEAKER : Order, Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting there! The Liberal Party — Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Several members interjected. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am telling members opposite about election commitments. The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
The Liberal Party made election commitments to do with school upgrades and maintenance. I have here a list of those commitments—provided to me by the Premier’s office—and the details of schools that have received commitments under the Investing in Our Schools program. If members would like to see those documents, I am very happy to table them. [See paper 410.]
[See paper 410.]
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