Mr FERGUSON (Bass) – On 23 March this year the Launceston School for Seniors chairman, Mr Barry Lumley, wrote a letter to the Minister for Education and Skills to take certain steps to sustain the school into the future. In that letter Mr Lumley gave the minister the good news that enrolments on their March enrolment [...]
McKim must release VET report before State Budget
Instead of hiding behind the Premier, Nick McKim as Education Minister must immediately release the findings of the recent VET review. He released the Fairbrother report into school closures immediately upon receiving it as well as the report investigating the 4-term school year. In both instances he boasted that he had always demanded the immediate [...]
Time to put away begging bowl and grow Tasmania’s economy
Tasmania’s kick in the guts from the Federal Budget is final confirmation that we need to throw away the begging bowl and instead focus on strengthening our economy and making Tasmania more self-reliant. We’ll never get our fair share of Federal funding unless we actually do more to help ourselves – grow our economy, grow [...]
McKim must release VET review findings
Mr McKim should immediately release the findings of the recent VET review. He released the Fairbrother report into school closures immediately upon receiving it; and should do the same with this report. It is clear the Minister is trying to avoid accountability by delaying the report’s release past the budget and estimates scrutiny processes. What [...]
International student growth welcome
We welcome the significant growth in international enrolments at UTAS campuses. The Liberals see education as one of the five key pillars of Tasmania’s future economy.
