❓ Mr. Ripper questions the Education Minister about the need for a consultancy to advise on the independent schools policy, suggesting a lack of government preparation. The Minister defends the policy and states the Director General sought expert advice.
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INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS — CONSULTANCY ADVICE
Yesterday I noted that the Department of Planning had outsourced housing affordability research to a consultant because there were no dedicated resources within the department to provide this professional advice. Today I refer to the minister’s department’s $150 000 request for a consultant to provide advice on the minister’s independent schools policy. (1) Why did the minister have to request “a blueprint and a roadmap” for the independent schools strategy? (2) Does this not reveal the government’s own lack of preparation for this education experiment that it has embarked on? (3) Is the minister outsourcing her responsibility as a minister? (4) Will the minister give an undertaking that the director general and senior officers will urgently develop skills within the minister’s agency to manage the independent schools experiment? Dr E. CONSTABLE
Yesterday I noted that the Department of Planning had outsourced housing affordability research to a consultant because there were no dedicated resources within the department to provide this professional advice. Today I refer to the minister’s department’s $150 000 request for a consultant to provide advice on the minister’s independent schools policy. (1) Why did the minister have to request “a blueprint and a roadmap” for the independent schools strategy? (2) Does this not reveal the government’s own lack of preparation for this education experiment that it has embarked on? (3) Is the minister outsourcing her responsibility as a minister? (4) Will the minister give an undertaking that the director general and senior officers will urgently develop skills within the minister’s agency to manage the independent schools experiment? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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(1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
(1) Why did the minister have to request “a blueprint and a roadmap” for the independent schools strategy? (2) Does this not reveal the government’s own lack of preparation for this education experiment that it has embarked on? (3) Is the minister outsourcing her responsibility as a minister? (4) Will the minister give an undertaking that the director general and senior officers will urgently develop skills within the minister’s agency to manage the independent schools experiment? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
(2) Does this not reveal the government’s own lack of preparation for this education experiment that it has embarked on? (3) Is the minister outsourcing her responsibility as a minister? (4) Will the minister give an undertaking that the director general and senior officers will urgently develop skills within the minister’s agency to manage the independent schools experiment? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
(3) Is the minister outsourcing her responsibility as a minister? (4) Will the minister give an undertaking that the director general and senior officers will urgently develop skills within the minister’s agency to manage the independent schools experiment? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
(4) Will the minister give an undertaking that the director general and senior officers will urgently develop skills within the minister’s agency to manage the independent schools experiment? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
(1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
(1) Why did the minister have to request “a blueprint and a roadmap” for the independent schools strategy? (2) Does this not reveal the government’s own lack of preparation for this education experiment that it has embarked on? (3) Is the minister outsourcing her responsibility as a minister? (4) Will the minister give an undertaking that the director general and senior officers will urgently develop skills within the minister’s agency to manage the independent schools experiment? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
(2) Does this not reveal the government’s own lack of preparation for this education experiment that it has embarked on? (3) Is the minister outsourcing her responsibility as a minister? (4) Will the minister give an undertaking that the director general and senior officers will urgently develop skills within the minister’s agency to manage the independent schools experiment? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
(3) Is the minister outsourcing her responsibility as a minister? (4) Will the minister give an undertaking that the director general and senior officers will urgently develop skills within the minister’s agency to manage the independent schools experiment? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
(4) Will the minister give an undertaking that the director general and senior officers will urgently develop skills within the minister’s agency to manage the independent schools experiment? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: (1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
(1)–(4) The independent public schools initiative is not an experiment. It is a considered policy of this government to give more autonomy to our public schools. Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr E.S. Ripper : So why do you need a blueprint and a roadmap? The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : This is the policy of this government. We have now, as members know, 34 independent public schools. Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen! Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : The second round is currently being looked at. I assume that the director general has sought some expert advice. Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Mr E.S. Ripper : You do not know about this consultancy? Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : We will continue — Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected. The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
The SPEAKER : Take a seat, minister. I assume that the Leader of the Opposition is interested in the answer to the question. Continued interjections from the member for Girrawheen do not help that answer. I formally call the member for Girrawheen for the first time. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I understand that the director general has sought some expert advice in this area. I would be quite happy to get that information and provide it to the Leader of the Opposition.
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