In Estimates today it was revealed that every school is now under threat of closure. Every school will be reviewed annually and therefore every school is in the gun. This is no way to run an education system and this revelation will strike fear into every school community, and effectively puts on notice those schools [...]
Only two out of 12 new psychologists employed, one year on
New Education Minister Nick McKim must state whether – and when – the Green-Labor government intends to deliver on its promise to employ a much-needed 12 new school psychologists. Or is this to be yet another broken promise, yet another consequence of Labor and the Greens’ budget incompetence?
Desperate Green time-wasting to avoid Local Health Network vote
This afternoon the Tasmanian Greens desperately and embarrassingly filibustered debate on the repeal of TOTE sale bill – which they have rolled over to Labor on – in order to avoid a vote on Local Health Networks.
O’Byrne shafts our Northern Health Services
Northern Tasmanians have been let down today by Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne’s apparent back-flip on her announcement to provide the state with three local hospital networks. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq9cIlFmC0Y Ms O’Byrne’s weasel words and side-stepping on this matter is nothing short of a disgrace, and a decision that will undoubtedly affect the north of the state.
McKim must come clean on Education promises
Alarm bells should be sounding with Nick McKim as the incoming Minister for Education and Skills. Just yesterday in an email sent only to his supporters, Mr McKim promised to act on and deliver Greens’ education policies.
