❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the preparation and funding of university selection tests by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) goes unanswered due to heated exchanges between members.
AnsweredQoN 216Legislative Council
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(1) Will the external examination, or scholastic aptitude test, scores, which will be part of the ranking process for selection to university, be prepared annually by the Australian Council for Educational Research? (2) Has a contract or some other arrangement with the ACER for preparation of the test been agreed? (3) Will the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Education Services or the universities pay for the annual preparation and administration of that test? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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Given the number of parts to that question - Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
(2) Has a contract or some other arrangement with the ACER for preparation of the test been agreed? (3) Will the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Education Services or the universities pay for the annual preparation and administration of that test? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: Given the number of parts to that question - Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
(3) Will the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Education Services or the universities pay for the annual preparation and administration of that test? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: Given the number of parts to that question - Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: Given the number of parts to that question - Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Given the number of parts to that question - Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
(2) Has a contract or some other arrangement with the ACER for preparation of the test been agreed? (3) Will the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Education Services or the universities pay for the annual preparation and administration of that test? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: Given the number of parts to that question - Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
(3) Will the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Education Services or the universities pay for the annual preparation and administration of that test? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: Given the number of parts to that question - Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: Given the number of parts to that question - Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Given the number of parts to that question - Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Don’t you know anything? I thought you had a briefing on this! The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
The PRESIDENT: Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : How much longer will the honourable member be in this place? Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon Derrick Tomlinson : Just long enough to get under your skin and expose your stupidity! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : He is not doing a very good job of it; he is pathetic. Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon Peter Foss : How incompetent you are; you don’t know anything! The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : Oh, the honourable member is alive! I ask that Hon Derrick Tomlinson put the question on notice.
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