The Green-Labor Government’s cuts are having a real and devastating effect on the number of teachers and teacher’s assistants in Tasmania’s education system. Figures obtained under Right to Information by the Liberals clearly show that there are 127 less teachers and 113 less teacher’s assistants in the 12 months since February 2011.
Today in Parliament
Parliament is back in session this week. Today the Liberals will use our efforts and time to raise the seriousness of frontline health cuts and the effect this is having in our hospitals. We will also move a motion to say that now is not the time to expand the House of Assembly (our lower [...]
McKim move to change Education Act to enshrine forced school closures
Nick McKim must immediately explain exactly what changes he wants to make to the Education Act to enshrine the Green-Labor plan to forcibly close schools. It is arrogant in the extreme for the Minister to try and lock in forced closures of schools that don’t meet his new test by changing legislation, yet cowardly avoid [...]
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 [...]
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.
