❓ Hon Sue Ellery questions the Minister for Education regarding alleged censorship of questions prepared by Ballajura Community College students for a Q&A session with shadow cabinet members. The Minister denies awareness or involvement.
AnsweredQoN 826Legislative Council
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BALLAJURA COMMUNITY COLLEGE —
QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION
826. Hon SUE ELLERY to the Minister for
Education:
Is the minister aware that the
questions that year 11 and 12 politics and law students at Ballajura Community
College had prepared to ask members of shadow cabinet at a question-and-answer
session at the school yesterday were censored by the Department of Education
and they were instructed to rewrite questions so they did not refer to
political matters? Did the minister play any role in that decision?
QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION
826. Hon SUE ELLERY to the Minister for
Education:
Is the minister aware that the
questions that year 11 and 12 politics and law students at Ballajura Community
College had prepared to ask members of shadow cabinet at a question-and-answer
session at the school yesterday were censored by the Department of Education
and they were instructed to rewrite questions so they did not refer to
political matters? Did the minister play any role in that decision?
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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. No, I am not aware of that. I took a year 12
politics class at Ballajura last week. It was a terrific group of young kids,
actually; I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I was aware that the Leader of
the Opposition was going to Ballajura, but I was not aware that she would be
addressing the politics class.
Hon Sue Ellery : We did not address it. They were at a Q
and A. They had to rewrite their questions and they were not allowed to ask
anything political.
Hon PETER COLLIER : I would be really surprised if that were
the case. They certainly asked me plenty of political questions, I can tell the
Leader of the Opposition. If anything, it would not be imbalanced. No, I am not
aware of that and I certainly had nothing to do with it.
some notice of the question. No, I am not aware of that. I took a year 12
politics class at Ballajura last week. It was a terrific group of young kids,
actually; I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I was aware that the Leader of
the Opposition was going to Ballajura, but I was not aware that she would be
addressing the politics class.
Hon Sue Ellery : We did not address it. They were at a Q
and A. They had to rewrite their questions and they were not allowed to ask
anything political.
Hon PETER COLLIER : I would be really surprised if that were
the case. They certainly asked me plenty of political questions, I can tell the
Leader of the Opposition. If anything, it would not be imbalanced. No, I am not
aware of that and I certainly had nothing to do with it.
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