Ms FYLES - 2013-11-27
The cuts to education are deep and broad. You are cutting teacher positions and crucial support staff positions that include librarians, home liaison officers, classroom support positions, administration support, bush principles and a host of others. You pretend these cuts will improve learning outcomes, despite experts and educators disagreeing with you. You have pretended to Territorians that only 35 teachers are losing their jobs, yet we know it will be in excess of 120 and a further 150 support staff. When will you stop lying to Territorians and release the figures?
Ms FYLES (Nightcliff): Madam Speaker, I move that so much of Standing Orders be suspended as to allow the opposition to censure the Chief Minister, the Treasurer and the Minister for Education for the disastrous cuts they are making to our education system. We condemn the Chief Minister, the Treasurer and the Minister for Education for:
failing Territorians in the most basic duty they have to deliver a sound education to Territorians through providing appropriate resources
Visitors in the public in the gallery interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Once, that is it. The galleries will be cleared, no more clapping, no interjections. They will be cleared and I mean it. Member for Nightcliff, please continue.
Ms FYLES: Thank you Madam Speaker.
scrapping GEMS at Dripstone Middle School, Sanderson Middle School, Nightcliff Middle School and Casuarina Senior College
failing our best and brightest students by reducing one-on-one teacher and student time and cutting classroom support staff
arbitrarily removing a school of music from Nightcliff Middle School and relocating to Sanderson Middle School without an explanation of costs or benefits
Mr ELFERINK (Leader of Government Business): Madam Speaker, the government welcomes and accepts this censure motion. Could we also have the motion circulated in accordance with standing orders?
I ask that further questions be placed on the Written Question Paper.
SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS
Move Proposed Motion of Censure
Move Proposed Motion of Censure
Ms FYLES (Nightcliff): Madam Speaker, I move that so much of Standing Orders be suspended as to allow the opposition to censure the Chief Minister, the Treasurer and the Minister for Education for the disastrous cuts they are making to our education system. We condemn the Chief Minister, the Treasurer and the Minister for Education for:
failing Territorians in the most basic duty they have to deliver a sound education to Territorians through providing appropriate resources
Visitors in the public in the gallery interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Once, that is it. The galleries will be cleared, no more clapping, no interjections. They will be cleared and I mean it. Member for Nightcliff, please continue.
Ms FYLES: Thank you Madam Speaker.
scrapping GEMS at Dripstone Middle School, Sanderson Middle School, Nightcliff Middle School and Casuarina Senior College
failing our best and brightest students by reducing one-on-one teacher and student time and cutting classroom support staff
arbitrarily removing a school of music from Nightcliff Middle School and relocating to Sanderson Middle School without an explanation of costs or benefits
Mr ELFERINK (Leader of Government Business): Madam Speaker, the government welcomes and accepts this censure motion. Could we also have the motion circulated in accordance with standing orders?
I ask that further questions be placed on the Written Question Paper.
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