education

Greens win reforms for youth allowance recipients in regional Australia

The Australian Greens have welcomed changes to the youth allowance scheme, saying they will now lead to all students in regional areas being on an equal footing with one another.

"These reforms, which follow a review negotiated by the Greens, have removed the discrimination faced by students living in parts of the country who needed the independent rate of youth allowance for their studies," Greens' spokesperson for youth affairs, Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young, said today.

Building and Construction Industry Training Fund and Levy Collection Amendment Bill 2010

Date: 
09/09/2010

Higher Education Amendment Bill

Date: 
25/11/2009

Department of Education - office staffing

Date: 
21/04/2010

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1942. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Energy representing the Minister for Education


I refer to the report in the West Australian newspaper on 25 February 2010, on page 6 regarding cuts to the Department of Education’s Central and District Office staffing budgets, by the equivalent of 70 FTE positions and I ask —

Fare evasion on public transport - students

Date: 
20/04/2010

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1978. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Transport


I refer to the number of students who are being penalised for not having been provided sufficient money to catch public transport to and from school, and ask -


(1) How many infringement notices were issued for fare evasion in 2009?


(2) How many of these were issued to young people under the age of 18?

Healthy School Project - funding

Date: 
20/04/2010

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2158. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Transport representing the Minister for Health


I refer to the Healthy School Project, and ask -


(1) Will the Minister confirm that Federal funding for this program is ceasing as of 1 July 2010?


(2) Will the Department of Health continue to supply staff to assist schools with this program once Federal funding ceases?

National curriculum - introduction to schools

Date: 
20/04/2010

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1943. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Energy representing the Minister for  Education


I refer to the Federal Government’s initiative to introduce a national curriculum, and sensitivities within the teaching community resulting from past experiences of curriculum change, and I ask -


(1) Is the Department of Education facilitating discussions on the development of the curriculum?

School nurses - FTE employment

Date: 
20/04/2010

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1944. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Transport representing the Minister for Health


(1) How many overall FTE school nurses, both permanent and contract, were there, broken down by district, in —


(a) November 2008;


(b) June 2009;


(c) November 2009; and


(d) January 2010?


(2) How many are there anticipated to be, by district, in July 2010?

Early Childhood Development portfolio

Date: 
15/06/2010

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2329. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Energy representing the Minister for Education


I refer to the assignment of Early Childhood Development portfolio, to the Minister for Education, as reported in the media statement by the Premier of 12 January 2010, and ask —


(1) Why does the Minister’s title not reflect the Early Childhood Development portfolio?

Bullsbrook District High School - upgrade

Date: 
04/05/2010

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2176. Hon Alison Xamon to the Minister for Energy representing the Minister for Education


I refer to the Bullsbrook District High School upper school upgrade (Stage two and three building program) —


(1) What is the total expected cost of the Stage two and three building program?