❓ Mr. Buswell questions the lack of community consultation regarding the closure of Wubin and Blackmore Primary Schools. Mr. McGowan deflects, attacking Mr. Buswell's integrity and highlighting previous school closures under the coalition government, without directly addressing the consultation issue.
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WUBIN AND BLACKMORE PRIMARY SCHOOLS - CLOSURE
I refer to the closure of the Wubin and Blackmore Primary Schools and the fact that the Department of Education and Training clearly acknowledged in a circular to the school parents and citizens association that the proposal for the closure of Blackmore Primary School was not subject to community consultation, as required under the School Education Act 1999. (1) Why was there no community consultation with these communities? (2) What is the minister’s justification for clearly and deliberately breaching his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN
I refer to the closure of the Wubin and Blackmore Primary Schools and the fact that the Department of Education and Training clearly acknowledged in a circular to the school parents and citizens association that the proposal for the closure of Blackmore Primary School was not subject to community consultation, as required under the School Education Act 1999. (1) Why was there no community consultation with these communities? (2) What is the minister’s justification for clearly and deliberately breaching his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN
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(1)-(2) It is interesting to get a question from the member for Vasse, who accuses me of clearly and deliberately doing something in breach of my act. This is the guy who has no moral compass. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
(1) Why was there no community consultation with these communities? (2) What is the minister’s justification for clearly and deliberately breaching his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) It is interesting to get a question from the member for Vasse, who accuses me of clearly and deliberately doing something in breach of my act. This is the guy who has no moral compass. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
(2) What is the minister’s justification for clearly and deliberately breaching his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) It is interesting to get a question from the member for Vasse, who accuses me of clearly and deliberately doing something in breach of my act. This is the guy who has no moral compass. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) It is interesting to get a question from the member for Vasse, who accuses me of clearly and deliberately doing something in breach of my act. This is the guy who has no moral compass. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
(1)-(2) It is interesting to get a question from the member for Vasse, who accuses me of clearly and deliberately doing something in breach of my act. This is the guy who has no moral compass. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
(1) Why was there no community consultation with these communities? (2) What is the minister’s justification for clearly and deliberately breaching his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) It is interesting to get a question from the member for Vasse, who accuses me of clearly and deliberately doing something in breach of my act. This is the guy who has no moral compass. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
(2) What is the minister’s justification for clearly and deliberately breaching his own act? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) It is interesting to get a question from the member for Vasse, who accuses me of clearly and deliberately doing something in breach of my act. This is the guy who has no moral compass. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(2) It is interesting to get a question from the member for Vasse, who accuses me of clearly and deliberately doing something in breach of my act. This is the guy who has no moral compass. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
(1)-(2) It is interesting to get a question from the member for Vasse, who accuses me of clearly and deliberately doing something in breach of my act. This is the guy who has no moral compass. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : He has no moral compass whatsoever. We have seen him demonstrate a lack of integrity in public life throughout his brief parliamentary career and - Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Several members interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will get to an article on the buzz about Troy, which went in the Sunday Times magazine at the very - Point of Order Mr C.J. BARNETT : I refer to standing order 78, which says that an answer must be relevant to the question. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The minister has just commenced his answer and I am sure it will be relevant to the question. The minister should continue. Questions without Notice Resumed Mr M. McGOWAN : What is relevant is that the member for Vasse stands in this place and accuses me of deliberately not complying with the law; therefore, I am actually pointing out a few truths about him. If he is not going to tell the truth about me, I will tell the truth about him. Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell interjected. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Order! Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : This is the guy who, when his leader is under incredible pressure over his leadership, goes and does an article like that in the Sunday Times . What are we supposed to think about that? What do his colleagues think about that? Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Next week it’ll be somebody else and the week after it’ll be somebody else. Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I will tell the member for Vasse what they think. They all think the truth of the matter is that he is undermining his leader. That is what they all think. Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Dearie me, I snuck around behind his back and did it! Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : That is the truth. Now we all know. I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
I return to the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Is that it? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to answer the member for Vasse’s question about school closures. The member for Vasse raised the closure of Blackmore and Wubin Primary Schools - one in the country and one in the metropolitan area. I relayed the figures recently of 29 school closures during - Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Did you consult the community over Blackmore or Wubin? Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : I am going to get to the member for Vasse’s question. There were 29 country school closures during the term of the previous coalition government and a third under this government. There were 18 metropolitan school closures under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you go to the public meeting? Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Is the member for Vasse saying that the previous coalition government never closed a school? The previous coalition government closed far more schools than we have. Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : I’m asking you the question. The question is very clear: why was there no community consultation? It’s not rocket science. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : The last time I looked, the member for Vasse actually asked a question. He has not sought the call to ask a supplementary question, because the minister has not finished. The member for Vasse is therefore called to order for interrupting in an unparliamentary manner. Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : There were 18 school closures in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government and 15 under this government. There have been 44 new metro schools built under this government and 22 in the metropolitan area under the previous coalition government. We have therefore built double the amount built by the previous coalition government and closed far fewer. Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Why didn’t you consult the community? Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse has no credibility. I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
I return to the question about consultation on the closure of Blackmore Primary School. A few years ago a committee was established under the local education area planning process. Members of that committee included the school principal and a representative from the school community. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that it didn’t consult. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Member for Vasse! Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : There was consultation. The school principal and a representative from the school community were members of the committee, but the member for Vasse says there was no consultation. Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr T. Buswell : Your department wrote and admitted that to the P&C. Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
Mr M. McGOWAN : The member for Vasse is incapable of telling the truth. As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
As I said last week or the week before, the number of students at Wubin Primary School will go down to only nine. There is another primary school with far more students 20 kilometres away. It is in the interests of those students to be at a bigger primary school, and I will not resile from that position despite the troglodyte-style education ideas of the member for Vasse. The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Clearly some people are every hard of hearing in the chamber. Despite a warning the member for Vasse continued to interrupt, so, unfortunately for him, he obviously has a desire to go home early because he is now on his third call. I suggest he be cognisant of that fact.
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