Mr Speaker, I was very sad, along with many people from Northern Tasmania and, indeed, around our State and the country to learn recently of the sudden passing of the late Mr Frederick Royce Edwards AM, known as Fred to his friends, who lived an active and vibrant life and in his senior years was able to boast an incredible record of achievement and service. Read more »
Government signs blank cheque on Skills reform
Nick McKim today demonstrated he was clueless on what the cost would be to Tasmania of a skills reform package agreed to last week at COAG.
It is no wonder that the Green-Labor government has so badly mismanaged the state budget when it is clear the Premier has blindly signed up to a reform package without knowing what it could cost Tasmanian taxpayers. Read more »
McKim must explain what he is planning to legislate in relation to schools closures
Nick McKim has indicated he is going to attempt to change the Education Act to enshrine the Government’s school closure process in legislation. Read more »
McKim must guarantee he will not remove parents’ right to choose a school
Nick McKim must come clean on if he supports parents’ right to choose which school they want their children to attend or if he is preparing to play dictator and remove that choice.
A report in today’s Australian suggests Mr McKim is open to forcing students to go to the school closest to their home as part of a review of enrolment policy. Read more »
Cynical school closure decision
We welcome the additional three year reprieve for our schools, which is a victory for Tasmanian communities.
But Tasmanians will not be fooled by this cynical, too cute by half attempt to delay forced school closures until after the next election. Today’s decision is not about what’s good for our schools, it’s about what’s politically good for the Green-Labor Government.
The Government has adopted the Fairbrother recommendations of an 18 month process – but they won’t start the process until after the next election!
Mr McKim has today confirmed that a vote for Labor or the Greens at the next election is a vote for forced school closures.
Only the Liberals’ have a policy of no forced school closures.
