Education – full funding
Minister, you've been saying we're going to move to full funding as quickly as we can, and that's my focus.
Minister, you've been saying we're going to move to full funding as quickly as we can, and that's my focus.
I'll just make the point that being concerned is not the same thing as making a commitment, and that won't cut it when it comes to the proper funding that's needed for students.
Minister, the real story here is what the Australian Education Union (AEU) has put out in a withering media release just now. They are devastated.
Hydro Tasmania has said it will spend $1.6 billion to maintain 10 power stations and five dams over the next 10 years.
Minister, I want to stick with the mandatory pre-commitment cards. When it was announced by the Treasurer, Mr Ferguson, apart from vested interest in the industry, there was near‑widespread support for it and the recognition that it would ease the pain on vulnerable Tasmanians.
We've just seen the extreme events and with people being out of power for weeks at a time, it's incredibly concerning.
Can I ask, minister - and I might have missed it when it - it might have come up before when I was on my computer briefly.
There have been significant delays on implementing the results of reviews of the act in previous years under your government.
The Hobart Cenotaph is 100 years old next year and, quite rightly, it's revered as a sacred ground for RSL Tasmania and many in its sub‑branches.
Minister, I want to go to the level of funding that's provided to those really important organisations, I'm sure you'll agree, that support victim survivors, Laurel House and the Sexual Assault Support Service.